Where does “sällsam” come from?

sällsam (Swedish) comes from German seltsām, from Middle High German seltsām, from Middle High German seltsæn, from Old High German seltsāni.

sällsam (Swedish): wondrously peculiar, wondrously unusual

Definitions

  1. wondrously peculiar, wondrously unusual

Ancestry of “sällsam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanseltsāmstrange, weird, odd, funny, curious
2Middle High Germanseltsām—
3Middle High Germanseltsæn—
4Old High Germanseltsāni—

Words derived from “sällsam”

Every word from Old High German seltsāni →Every word from Middle High German seltsæn →Every word from Middle High German seltsām →