Where does “sele” come from?

sele (Middle English) comes from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic selh, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

sele (Middle English): happiness, prosperity, fortune; time, duration,...

Definitions

  1. happiness, prosperity, fortune; time, duration,...

Ancestry of “sele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishseolhseal
2Proto-West Germanicselhseal
3Proto-Germanicselhazseal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “sele”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic selhaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic selh →