Where does “sjeldenhet” come from?

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

sjeldenhet (Norwegian Bokmål): rarity; rareness

Definitions

  1. rarity; rareness

Ancestry of “sjeldenhet”, step by step

sjeldenhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sjelden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsjeldenrare; rarely, seldom
2Old Norsesjaldanseldom
3Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
4Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Old Norse sjaldan →