Where does “rafeindasmásjá” come from?
rafeindasmásjá (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic smásjá, from Icelandic sjá, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
rafeindasmásjá (Icelandic): electron microscope
Definitions
- electron microscope
Ancestry of “rafeindasmásjá”, step by step
rafeindasmásjá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic smásjá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | smásjá | microscope |
| 2 | Icelandic | sjá | to see, to sense or perceive with one's eyes; to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 5 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 6 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 7 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 8 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 9 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 10 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 11 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 12 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Icelandic rafeind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | rafeind | electron |
| 2 | Icelandic | raf- | electro-, electric, electrical |
| 3 | Icelandic | rafmagn | electricity |
| 4 | Icelandic | raf | amber |
| 5 | Icelandic | ráfa | to wander, to ramble, to roam; wimp, wuss |
| 6 | Old Norse | ráfa | waver, go with staggering gait; to rove; stray... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wabōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |