Where does “seletøy” come from?

seletøy (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tøy, from Old Norse tygi, from Middle Low German tǖch, from Old Saxon tiuh.

seletøy (Norwegian Bokmål): harness equipment for draught animals, draught...

Definitions

  1. harness equipment for draught animals, draught...

Ancestry of “seletøy”, step by step

seletøy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tøy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltøycloth, fabric, material, textile; clothes,...
2Old Norsetygitool, gear; equipment
3Middle Low Germantǖchstuff; gear, equipment
4Old Saxontiuh—

via Norwegian Bokmål sele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålselea harness; braces or suspenders
2Old Norseseliharness; dative singular of sel n; dative...
3Proto-Germanic*silôharness
Every word from Old Saxon tiuh →Every word from Middle Low German tǖch →Every word from Old Norse tygi →