Where does “selja” come from?
selja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Silja, from Latin Caecilia, from French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin caecilia, from Latin Caecilius, from Latin caeculus, from Latin caecus — one-eyed, blind.
selja (Finnish): elder
Definitions
- elder
Ancestry of “selja”, step by step
selja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Silja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Silja | Cecilia |
| 2 | Latin | Caecilia | The feminine form of Caecilius, the family name (nomen gentilicium) of an ancient Roman patrician family (gens) |
| 3 | French | Cécile | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | Cecile | — |
| 5 | Latin | caecilia | A kind of lizard; A kind of lettuce |
| 6 | Latin | Caecilius | The name of a Roman gens |
| 7 | Latin | caeculus | The mythical son of Vulcanus and founder of Praeneste |
| 8 | Latin | caecus | blind; invisible |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaikos | blind |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ikos | one-eyed, blind |