Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “sāli”

48 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic sāli — including silly, silliness, sillily, sely, zalig, sillyish, salig, salig.

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German (11)

English (10)

Dutch (4)

Old English (4)

Old High German (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Danish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)