Where does “se” come from?
se (Danish) comes 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, from Old French chacier — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
se (Danish): to see; to see each other
Definitions
- to see; to see each other
Ancestry of “se”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Danish | se | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 4 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 5 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 6 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 7 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 8 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 9 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 10 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 11 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |