Dutch zeef

← Middle Dutch seve (inherited)

← Middle Dutch sef (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *sibi (inherited)

← Old Dutch *sivi (inherited)

← Old Dutch *sif (mention)

→ English sieve (mention)

→ German Sieb (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish Siff (cognate)

→ Dutch zeven (affix)

→ Dutch moffenzeef (compound)

→ Dutch theezeef (compound)