Where does “åsyn” come from?

åsyn (Swedish) comes from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).

åsyn (Swedish): sight (seeing something)

Definitions

  1. sight (seeing something)

Ancestry of “åsyn”, step by step

åsyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish å

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
2Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
3Old Swedishock
4Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
5Old Norsesváso
6Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
7Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Swedish syn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsynsight (ability to see), vision
2Old Swedishsȳnsight, ability to see
3Old Norsesjónsight, eyesight; look
4Proto-Germanicsiunizappearance, sight; face
5Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē
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