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Where does “sǣliġ” come from?

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

sǣliġ (Old English): blessed, fortunate; happy, prosperous, blessed

Definitions

  1. blessed, fortunate; happy, prosperous, blessed

Ancestry of “sǣliġ”, 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 “sǣliġ”

  • silly
  • silliness
  • sillily
  • sely
  • sillyhead
  • sillyish
  • nonsilly
  • sillykin
  • sillykins
  • sillyfic
  • seely
  • sely
  • seli
  • wansælig
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