Where does “se” come from?
se (Old Danish) 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,...
Ancestry of “se”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 10 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |