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From Proto-Balto-Slavic*śéiwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European*ḱéy-wos, from *ḱey-(“be located; camp, settlement; friendly; from the same home”) with a suffix -wā (from the same stem also Latviansaime(“household”)). The semantic change seems to have been “friendly settlement or household member” > “woman”. Cognate with Sanskritशेव(śéva, “dear, friendly, honored”), Gothic𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰-𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰(heiwa-frauja, “master of the house”), Old High Germanhiwa(“wife”), hi(w)o(“spouse; servant”), Latincivis(“citizen”) (previously “household member”, “villager”). As Latviansieva gradually shifted its basic meaning to “wife”, a new term sieviete(“woman”) was coined (in the 19th century).[1]