Where does “sjøutsikt” come from?
sjøutsikt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk utsikt, from Norwegian Nynorsk sikt, from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną — to follow; to see; to say.
sjøutsikt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sea view
Definitions
- a sea view
Ancestry of “sjøutsikt”, step by step
sjøutsikt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk utsikt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | utsikt | a view; outlook |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sikt | visibility; a sieve |
| 3 | German | Sicht | view; sight; visibility |
| 4 | Middle High German | siht | — |
| 5 | Old High German | siht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sihti | seeing, sight |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Norwegian Nynorsk sjø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sjø | a sea, ocean; a lake |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjór | Alternative form of sær |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | saiwiz | sea, ocean |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīhwaną | to filter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |