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
Ancestry of “sjelden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | sjaldan | seldom |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | seldanē | seldom; rarely |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | seldanaz | rare, strange |
Words derived from “sjelden”