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
Ancestry of “sjeldenhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjelden | rare; rarely, seldom |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjaldan | seldom |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | seldanē | seldom; rarely |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | seldanaz | rare, strange |