Etymology

oseledets

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Today it means: A traditional Ukrainian male hairstyle consisting of a long loose tuft of hair at the top or front of an otherwise closely shaven head. Full definition →

Ukrainian оселедець ← Old East Slavic сельдь ← Old Norse síld
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sīlą
  2. Old Norse · derived fromsíld
  3. Old East Slavic · derived fromсельдь
  4. Ukrainian · borrowed fromоселедець“herring”
  5. English todayoseledets

From Ukrainian оселедець (oseledecʹ, “herring”), from Old East Slavic сельдь (selĭdĭ), *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), from Old Norse síld, síl, from Proto-Germanic *sīlą.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsesíld all →

sild

Proto-Germanic*sīlą all →

sile

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.