Where does “sel” come from?

sel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

sel (Norwegian Bokmål): a seal

Definitions

  1. a seal

Ancestry of “sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseselrseal; second-person singular present indicative...
2Proto-Germanicselhazseal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “sel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic selhaz →Every word from Old Norse selr →