Where does “seer” come from?
seer (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,...
seer (Danish): viewer; seer
Ancestry of “seer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 11 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 12 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |