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Where does “salich” come from?

salich (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sālig, from Proto-West Germanic sālīg, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “salich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsālig—
2Proto-West Germanicsālīgblissful, prosperous, happy
3Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “salich”

  • gelukzalig
  • godzalig
  • zalig
  • godzaligheid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →