Where does “ledsagelse” come from?

ledsagelse (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ledsage, from Swedish ledsaga, from German leitsagen, from Proto-Albanian lēda, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d-o-, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.

ledsagelse (Danish): accompaniment

Definitions

  1. accompaniment

Ancestry of “ledsagelse”, step by step

ledsagelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ledsage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålledsageto accompany
2Swedishledsagato accompany (someone) and show the way (to some place); to guide (someone)
3Germanleitsagen—
4Proto-Albanianlēda—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-o-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d-o- →Every word from Proto-Albanian lēda →