Where does “seljemannamess” come from?
seljemannamess (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse seljumannamessa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “seljemannamess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | seljumannamessa | feast held on July 8th in remembrance of St Sunniva and the other martyrs that followed her to die on the island of Selja |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |