Where does “örsjaldan” come from?

örsjaldan (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sjaldan, from Old Norse sjaldan, from Proto-Germanic seldanē, from Proto-Germanic seldanaz — rare, strange.

örsjaldan (Icelandic): very rarely

Definitions

  1. very rarely

Ancestry of “örsjaldan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsjaldanseldom, rarely
2Old Norsesjaldanseldom
3Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
4Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange
Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Old Norse sjaldan →