Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “selige” come from?

selige (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

selige (Old Irish): turtle; animal with a shell

Definitions

  1. turtle; animal with a shell

Ancestry of “selige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

Words derived from “selige”

  • shellika pooka
  • shillig-a-booka
  • shellika
  • seilide
  • seilche
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