Where does “selig” come from?

selig (German) comes from Middle High German sælic, from Old High German sālig, from Proto-West Germanic sālīg, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

selig (German): very or deeply happy; overjoyed; expressing such...

Definitions

  1. very or deeply happy; overjoyed; expressing such...

Ancestry of “selig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansælichappy, joyful; blessed, blissful
2Old High Germansālighappy
3Proto-West Germanicsālīgblissful, prosperous, happy
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “selig”

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