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Where does “Silja” come from?

Silja (Finnish) comes from Latin Caecilia, from French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin caecilia, from Latin Caecilius, from Latin caeculus, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos.

Silja (Finnish): Cecilia

Definitions

  1. Cecilia

Ancestry of “Silja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCaecilia—
2FrenchCécile—
3Anglo-NormanCecile—
4LatincaeciliaA kind of lizard; A kind of lettuce
5LatinCaecilius—
6Latincaeculus—
7Latincaecusblind; invisible
8Proto-Italickaikosblind
9Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →