Where does “särskilja” come from?
särskilja (Swedish) comes from Swedish sär, from Old Norse sær, from Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic sik, from Proto-Germanic sīką, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
särskilja (Swedish): to tell apart, to separate
Definitions
- to tell apart, to separate
Ancestry of “särskilja”, step by step
särskilja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sär | particularly |
| 2 | Old Norse | sær | the sea, ocean; second/third-person singular... |
| 3 | Old Norse | sik | oneself |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sik | Alternative form of *sek |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīką | trickling water; a dribble; a slow brook; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |
via Swedish skilja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skilja | to separate; to cause to be separate; to... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | skilia | to divide, to separate; to discern, to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | skilja | to part, divide, separate; to break off, break... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |