Etymograph

English

seecatch

Seecatch comes from Russian сека́ч ‘adult male boar, hog or seal’, and goes back to Old East Slavic сѣкачь.

  1. Old East Slavicmodernсѣкачь1
  2. Russianmodernсека́ч2sekáč‘adult male boar, hog or seal’
  3. Englishtodayseecatch2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Russian секач
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English seecatch

Lineage

  1. Old East SlavicmodernсѣкачьWiktionary, Russian секач
  2. Russianmodernсека́чWiktionary, English seecatchsekáč‘adult male boar, hog or seal’
  3. EnglishtodayseecatchWiktionary, English seecatch

Every English word from Old East Slavic сѣкачь

Today it means

noun A full-grown male northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “seecatch”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Russian секач. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old East Slavic сѣкачь / seecatch

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