Where does “sei” come from?

sei (English) comes from Norwegian seihval, from Norwegian Bokmål 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...

sei (English): A sei whale

Definitions

  1. A sei whale

Ancestry of “sei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianseihval—
2Norwegian Bokmålseipollock
3Old Norseseiðrshamanism; magic, especially that influences the...
4Proto-Germanicsaidazmagic, charm
5Proto-Indo-Europeansoytósmagic
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European soytós →Every word from Proto-Germanic saidaz →