Where does “skuggsjá” come from?
skuggsjá (Old Norse) 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 “skuggsjá”, step by step
skuggsjá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse sjá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to hunt |
| 9 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 10 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 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,... |
via Old Norse skuggi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | skuggi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |