Where does “selah” come from?

selah (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic selh, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

selah (Old High German): seal

Definitions

  1. seal

Ancestry of “selah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicselhseal
2Proto-Germanicselhazseal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “selah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic selhaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic selh →