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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”

  • seal
  • sealing
  • sealant
  • sealer
  • sealskin
  • seel
  • unseal
  • resealable
  • goldenseal
  • reseal
  • sealable
  • sele
  • sealeth
  • sealest
  • unsealer
  • sealability
  • seallike
  • sealery
  • enseal
  • underseal
  • gigaseal
  • overseal
  • sealskinned
  • sealless
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