Where does “seihval” come from?

seihval (Norwegian) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic saidaz, from Proto-Indo-European soytós, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “seihval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålseipollock
2Old Norseseiðrshamanism; magic, especially that influences the...
3Proto-Germanicsaidazmagic, charm
4Proto-Indo-Europeansoytósmagic
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “seihval”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European soytós →Every word from Proto-Germanic saidaz →