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”

Every word from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salhô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic salh →