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Where does “saithe” come from?

saithe (English) comes 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...

saithe (English): The pollock or coalfish or coley

Definitions

  1. The pollock or coalfish or coley

Ancestry of “saithe”, step by step

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