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Where does “sālig” come from?

sālig (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic sālīg, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “sālig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsālīgblissful, prosperous, happy
2Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “sālig”

  • zalig
  • godzalig
  • godzaligheid
  • gelukzalig
  • salich
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →