Where does “sjælden” come from?

sjælden (Danish) comes from Old Norse sjaldan, from Proto-Germanic seldanē, from Proto-Germanic seldanaz — rare, strange.

sjælden (Danish): rare, infrequent; remarkable, exceptional; scarce

Definitions

  1. rare, infrequent; remarkable, exceptional; scarce

Ancestry of “sjælden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesjaldanseldom
2Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
3Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange

Words derived from “sjælden”

Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Old Norse sjaldan →