Where does “gense” come from?
gense (Danish) comes from Danish se, from Old Danish se, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
gense (Danish): to resee; to see again
Definitions
- to resee; to see again
Ancestry of “gense”, step by step
gense traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish se
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | se | to see; to see each other |
| 2 | Old Danish | se | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 5 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 6 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 7 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 8 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 9 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 10 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 11 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 12 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Danish gen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | gen | gene; imperative of genne |
| 2 | Danish | bruge | To use |
| 3 | Middle Low German | brūken | to use, utilise, to make use of either an object or a right |
| 4 | Old Saxon | brūkan | to enjoy, to make use of |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | brūkan | to use, to employ; to consume |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brūkaną | to make use of, employ, use, consume |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰruHg- | to make use of; have enjoyment of |