Where does “seljemannamess” come from?
seljemannamess (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse seljumannamessa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
seljemannamess (Norwegian Bokmål): a feast held on July 8th in remembrance of St Sunniva and the other martyrs that followed her to die on the island of Selja in Norway
Definitions
- a feast held on July 8th in remembrance of St Sunniva and the other martyrs that followed her to die on the island of Selja in Norway
Ancestry of “seljemannamess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | seljumannamessa | feast held on July 8th in remembrance of St Sunniva and the other martyrs that followed her to die on the island of Selja |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |