Siech
/siːx/noun
A Scots or northern English dialect word for a small stream, ditch, or watercourse.
Did you know?Siech is a regional variant of sike or syke, words preserved especially in northern place-names and dialects for narrow streams or drainage channels.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*sīkō
“A small flowing channel or stream; reconstructed ancestor of northern Germanic forms.”
Old English
Old English
sīc
“A small stream, ditch, or channel.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
sík
“A small stream or watercourse.”
Middle English
Middle English
sik
“A stream, ditch, or drainage channel, especially in northern usage.”
Scots and Northern English
Scots
sich / seich
“A small stream, rill, or ditch.”
Modern dialect English
English
siech
“A regional spelling referring to a small stream or watercourse.”