Where does “seli” come from?

seli (Middle English) comes from Old English sǣliġ, from Proto-West Germanic sālīg, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

seli (Middle English): sely

Definitions

  1. sely

Ancestry of “seli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsǣliġblessed, fortunate; happy, prosperous, blessed
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →