Where does “sei whale” come from?

sei whale (English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål 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 whale (English): A whale of the rorqual family

Definitions

  1. A whale of the rorqual family

Ancestry of “sei whale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålseihval—
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 →
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