An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/versiegen

by Friedrich Kluge

versiegen, vb., ‘to dry up,’ ModHG. only; allied to MidHG. sîgen, OHG. sîgan, str. vb., ‘to fall, sink, flow, trickle’ (see seihen, sickern); versiegen, lit. ‘to flow out or away.’ —