Where does “seihval” come from?

seihval (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sei, 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...

Ancestry of “seihval”, step by step

seihval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålseipollock
2Old Norseseiðrshamanism; magic, especially that influences the...
3Proto-Germanicsaidazmagic, charm
4Proto-Indo-Europeansoytósmagic
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Norwegian Bokmål hval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhvala whale
2Danishhvalwhale
3Old Norsehvalrwhale
4Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

Words derived from “seihval”

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