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Where does “sēliz” come from?

sēliz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.

sēliz (Proto-Germanic): happy, fortunate; kind, good

Definitions

  1. happy, fortunate; kind, good

Ancestry of “sēliz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable

Words derived from “sēliz”

  • seal
  • silly
  • sealing
  • silliness
  • sealant
  • sealer
  • sealskin
  • seel
  • unseal
  • resealable
  • goldenseal
  • reseal
  • sealable
  • sele
  • sillily
  • sely
  • sealeth
  • sealest
  • unsealer
  • sealability
  • seallike
  • sealery
  • enseal
  • underseal
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