Where does “sjá” come from?
sjá (Old Norse) comes from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sjá (Old Norse): this, that; to see; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- this, that; to see; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “sjá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 2 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 3 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 4 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 5 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
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| 6 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 7 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |