Where does “sejd” come from?

sejd (Danish) comes from Icelandic seiður, 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...

sejd (Danish): a particular kind of sorcery, witchcraft; magic...

Definitions

  1. a particular kind of sorcery, witchcraft; magic...

Ancestry of “sejd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sejd”

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