Where does “sellek” come from?

sellek (Tarifit) comes from Moroccan Arabic سلك, from Arabic سلك, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

sellek (Tarifit): to let pass

Definitions

  1. to let pass

Ancestry of “sellek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moroccan Arabicسلكwire
2Arabicسلكto follow a road, to wend, to travel along; to...
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic سلك →