Where does “sjást” come from?
sjást (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sjá, 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,...
sjást (Icelandic): to see each other; to show
Definitions
- to see each other; to show
Ancestry of “sjást”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sjá | to see, to sense or perceive with one's eyes; to... |
| 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,... |