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Where does “sele” come from?

sele (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse seli, from Proto-Germanic *silô.

sele (Norwegian Bokmål): a harness; braces or suspenders

Definitions

  1. a harness; braces or suspenders

Ancestry of “sele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseseliharness; dative singular of sel n; dative...
2Proto-Germanic*silô—

Words derived from “sele”

  • seletøy
  • buksesele
Every word from Proto-Germanic *silô →