Where does “sei” come from?

sei (Norwegian Bokmål) 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...

sei (Norwegian Bokmål): pollock

Definitions

  1. pollock

Ancestry of “sei”, 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 “sei”

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