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Where does “selhaz” come from?

selhaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

selhaz (Proto-Germanic): seal

Definitions

  1. seal

Ancestry of “selhaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “selhaz”

  • Zealand
  • seal
  • sealing
  • sealant
  • sealer
  • sealskin
  • Zealander
  • seel
  • unseal
  • resealable
  • goldenseal
  • reseal
  • sealable
  • sele
  • selkie
  • Zealandia
  • sealeth
  • sealest
  • unsealer
  • sealability
  • seallike
  • sealery
  • enseal
  • underseal
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