sie

noun

Etymology: From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).

1. A drop.

pron

1. Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she

   “If the child is about the intellectual equal of the parent, sie will eventually start holding hir own in discussions, […]”

   “"You must be Ash," sie said, hir voice a shade deeper than Amaranth's.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).

1. To sink; fall; drop.
2. To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
3. To drop, as water; trickle.
4. To sift.
5. To strain, as milk; filter.