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
Ancestry of “sel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | selr | seal; second-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | selhaz | seal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | selk- | to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw |