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Where does “etterse” come from?

etterse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål se, from Danish se, from Old Danish se, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

etterse (Norwegian Bokmål): to check, examine, inspect

Definitions

  1. to check, examine, inspect

Ancestry of “etterse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålseto see
2Danishseto see; to see each other
3Old Danishse—
4Old Norsesjáthis, that; to see; first-person singular present...
5Albaniansasiquantity; number
6Frenchchâssischassis, frame; window
7Frenchchâssereliquary; coffin
8Middle Frenchchasse—
9Old Frenchchacehunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person...
10Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
11Latincaptiāre—
12Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
13Latincapiō—
14Proto-Italickapiōtake
15Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
16Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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