Where does “sjåleg” come from?
sjåleg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk sjå, 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 — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sjåleg (Norwegian Nynorsk): visible, seeable
Definitions
- visible, seeable
Ancestry of “sjåleg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sjå | to see; to look; a sight, what is seen |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 4 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 5 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 6 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 7 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 8 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 9 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 10 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 11 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |