seethe
English
/siːð/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To boil.
- (intransitive) To boil vigorously.
- (intransitive) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- (intransitive) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
- (intransitive) To buzz with activity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sethen (boil) inherited from Old English sēoþan (seethe, boil, brood, subject to great pain, prepare food for the mind, disturb, afflict, subject the mind with occupations, subject to a fiery ordeal, be troubled in mind, cook in a liquid, try as with fire, afflict grievously) inherited from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (seethe, boil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂sewt-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forseethe English
- seether English
- seetheth English
- seething English
- seethingly English
- Siedepunkt German
- Siedetemperatur German
- sieden German
- zieden Dutch, Flemish
- zieder Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂sewt- Proto-Indo-European
- *sauþiz Proto-Germanic
- *seuþaną Proto-Germanic
- *sudanaz Proto-Germanic
- sjuda Swedish
- forseoþan Old English
- seoþan Old English
- sēoþan Old English
- forsethen Middle English
- seeth Middle English
- seeþ Middle English
- sethen Middle English
- sether Middle English
- sethyng Middle English
- sjóða Old Norse
- sjúða Old Norse
- syde Danish
- sjóða Icelandic
- sieden Middle Dutch
- siodan Old High German
- sieden Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *siethan Old Dutch
- siūþa, siuþa Old Swedish
- siede Western Frisian
- siātha Old Frisian
- siuthæ Old Danish