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Where does “sá” come from?

sá (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

sá (Old Norse): this, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person...

Definitions

  1. this, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person...

Ancestry of “sá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sa—
2Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
3Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “sá”

  • thee
  • theeself
  • detta
  • förutse
  • överse
  • förse
  • den
  • inse
  • de
  • dessa
  • avsikt
  • avsiktlig
  • se
  • sia
  • utse
  • sevärdhet
  • denna
  • avse
  • innse
  • forutse
  • se
  • anser
  • anse
  • sett
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