Where does “sierska” come from?
sierska (Swedish) comes from Swedish siare, from Swedish sia, from Old Swedish sīa, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sierska (Swedish): a seeress, a female soothsayer
Definitions
- a seeress, a female soothsayer
Ancestry of “sierska”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | siare | a seer, a soothsayer (someone who foretells the future) |
| 2 | Swedish | sia | to foretell; to tell the future |
| 3 | Old Swedish | sīa | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 6 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 7 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 8 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 9 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 10 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 11 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 12 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 13 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |