Where does “sia” come from?
sia (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish sīa, 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 — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sia (Swedish): to foretell; to tell the future
Definitions
- to foretell; to tell the future
Ancestry of “sia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | sīa | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 4 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 5 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 6 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 7 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer:
## first/third-person... |
| 8 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 9 | Latin | captiāre | — |
| 10 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 11 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |