sjælden
Danish
/sjɛlən/
adj
Definitions
- rare, infrequent
- remarkable, exceptional
- scarce
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sjaldan (seldom) inherited from Proto-Germanic *seldana.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*seldana
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- seldom English
- seldomly English
- seldomness English
- seldomtimes English
- unseldom English
- Seltenerde German
- Seltenheit German
- selten German
- sjelden Norwegian Bokmål
- *seldana Proto-Germanic
- sjeldan Norwegian Nynorsk
- seldan Old English
- seldom Middle English
- sjaldan Old Norse
- sjaldan Icelandic
- *seldan Old High German
- seltan Old High German
- sjáldan Faroese
- selten Middle High German
- *seldan Old Dutch
- seldan Old Saxon
- siäldan Old Swedish