Where does “sjaldan” come from?

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

sjaldan (Icelandic): seldom, rarely

Definitions

  1. seldom, rarely

Ancestry of “sjaldan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesjaldanseldom
2Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
3Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange

Words derived from “sjaldan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Old Norse sjaldan →