Where does “seiðworker” come from?

seiðworker (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...

seiðworker (English): One who practices seiðr

Definitions

  1. One who practices seiðr

Ancestry of “seiðworker”, step by step

seiðworker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse seiðr

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

via English worker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishworkerA person who performs labor for a living,...
2Middle Englishwerkere—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European soytós →Every word from Proto-Germanic saidaz →