Where does “sælig” come from?

sælig (Old English) comes from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

sælig (Old English): blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy

Definitions

  1. blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy

Ancestry of “sælig”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sælig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →