Where does “hesumegin” come from?
hesumegin (Faroese) comes from Faroese hesin, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
hesumegin (Faroese): on this side
Definitions
- on this side
Ancestry of “hesumegin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroese | hesin | this here, nominative singular masculine... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 4 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 5 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 6 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 7 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 8 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 9 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 10 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 11 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |