Where does “sjeik” come from?

sjeik (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَاخَ — to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

sjeik (Norwegian Bokmål): A sheikh, various Arabic titles

Definitions

  1. A sheikh, various Arabic titles

Ancestry of “sjeik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْخsheikh; an elder in charge; elder
2Arabicشَاخَto age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...
Every word from Arabic شَاخَ →Every word from Arabic شَيْخ →