Where does “sǣl” come from?

sǣl (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sēliz, from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.

sǣl (Old English): season, time, occasion; time, occasion, a fit...

Definitions

  1. season, time, occasion; time, occasion, a fit...

Ancestry of “sǣl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsēlizhappy, fortunate; kind, good
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable

Words derived from “sǣl

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