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
- A whale of the rorqual family
Ancestry of “sei whale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | seihval | — |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sei | pollock |
| 3 | Old Norse | seiðr | shamanism; magic, especially that influences the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saidaz | magic, charm |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | soytós | magic |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |