Where does “selg” come from?
selg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål selge, from Danish sælge, from Old Danish sæliæ, from Old Norse selja, from Proto-Germanic saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European selh₁- — to take.
selg (Norwegian Bokmål): imperative of selge
Ancestry of “selg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | selge | to sell |
| 2 | Danish | sælge | to sell |
| 3 | Old Danish | sæliæ | sell |
| 4 | Old Norse | selja | to hand over, deliver; to sell, part with;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saljaną | to offer, to give |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | selh₁- | to take |