An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Seim

by Friedrich Kluge

Seim, m., ‘strained honey, sweetness,’ from MidHG. seim (honecseim), OHG. seim (honangseim), m., ‘virgin honey’; comp. Du. zeem; OIc. seimr, hunangsseimr, ‘honeycomb.’ On account of this divergence of meaning in Teut. the connection of the word with Gr. αἰμα, ‘blood’ (lit. ‘juice’?), is improbable. It may be allied to the cognates discussed under Seihe.