Where does “seilide” come from?
seilide (Irish) comes from Middle Irish seilche, from Old Irish selige, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.
seilide (Irish): snail, slug
Ancestry of “seilide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Irish | seilche | snail; shelled animal; turtle, tortoise, snail |
| 2 | Old Irish | selige | turtle; animal with a shell |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tsel- | to sneak |
Words derived from “seilide”