Where does “sjelden” come from?

sjelden (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sjaldan, from Proto-Germanic seldanē, from Proto-Germanic seldanaz — rare, strange.

sjelden (Norwegian Bokmål): rare; rarely, seldom

Definitions

  1. rare; rarely, seldom

Ancestry of “sjelden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesjaldanseldom
2Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
3Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange

Words derived from “sjelden”

Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Old Norse sjaldan →
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