Where does “seiður” come from?

seiður (Icelandic) 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...

seiður (Icelandic): magic, witchcraft, sorcery

Definitions

  1. magic, witchcraft, sorcery

Ancestry of “seiður”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seiður”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European soytós →Every word from Proto-Germanic saidaz →