Where does “sjå” come from?
sjå (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sjå (Norwegian Nynorsk): to see; to look; a sight, what is seen
Definitions
- to see; to look; a sight, what is seen
Ancestry of “sjå”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 3 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 4 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 5 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 6 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 7 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 8 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 9 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 10 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |