Where does “sej” come from?

sej (Danish) comes from Norwegian sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic saidaz, from Proto-Indo-European soytós, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sej (Danish): saithe, pollock

Definitions

  1. saithe, pollock

Ancestry of “sej”, step by step

sej traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian sei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianseisaithe
2Old Norseseiðrshamanism; magic, especially that influences the...
3Proto-Germanicsaidazmagic, charm
4Proto-Indo-Europeansoytósmagic
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Old Norse seigr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseseigr—
2Proto-Germanicsaigaz—

Words derived from “sej”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European soytós →Every word from Proto-Germanic saidaz →