Where does “sela” come from?

sela (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo-.

Ancestry of “sela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsellaseat, chair; sedan chair; saddle
2Proto-Italicsedlā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansed-lo-—

Words derived from “sela”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic sedlā →Every word from Latin sella →