Where does “sel” come from?

sel (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic saliz, from Proto-Indo-European sol- — whole.

sel (Old English): room, great hall, house, castle; good, noble

Definitions

  1. room, great hall, house, castle; good, noble

Ancestry of “sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalizhouse; dwelling; hall; room
2Proto-Indo-Europeansol-whole
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sol- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saliz →
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