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Where does “sealh” come from?

sealh (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic salh, from Proto-Germanic salhô, from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

sealh (Old English): willow, sallow

Definitions

  1. willow, sallow

Ancestry of “sealh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsalhwillow
2Proto-Germanicsalhôwillow, sallow
3Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “sealh”

  • Sale
  • Shelby
  • sally
  • Shelbyville
  • sallyport
  • Shelbi
  • Shelbyvillian
  • Selby
  • Salibi
  • saly
  • salwe
  • salig
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