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Where does “seyl-” come from?

seyl- (Proto-Indo-European): still, windless, quiet, slow; to be silent

Definitions

  1. still, windless, quiet, slow; to be silent

Words derived from “seyl-”

  • silence
  • silent
  • sole
  • silently
  • soles
  • silencer
  • insole
  • outsole
  • midsole
  • silentness
  • soleless
  • resole
  • soleplate
  • resilence
  • nonsilent
  • bootsole
  • unsilenceable
  • unsilent
  • undersole
  • unsilence
  • nonsilence
  • immunosilent
  • silentish
  • solebar