Words that come from Proto-Indo-European sel-

114 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sel- — including seal, silly, sealing, silliness, sealant, sealer, sealskin, seel.

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English (52)

German (11)

Old English (7)

Middle English (6)

Dutch (4)

Swedish (3)

Old High German (3)

Gothic (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Danish (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Norse (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Malay (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Icelandic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Swahili (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle Dutch (1)