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Where does “seiðr” come from?

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

seiðr (Old Norse): shamanism; magic, especially that influences the...

Definitions

  1. shamanism; magic, especially that influences the...

Ancestry of “seiðr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsaidazmagic, charm
2Proto-Indo-Europeansoytósmagic
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “seiðr”

  • sei whale
  • sei
  • seikval
  • sei
  • sejd
  • seiður
  • seiðkona
  • seiðmaðr
  • seiður
  • seihval
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