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