Where does “-sel” come from?
-sel (Turkish) comes from French universel, from Old French universal, from Latin universalis, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
-sel (Turkish): Suffix turning a word into an adjective
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- Suffix turning a word into an adjective
Ancestry of “-sel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | universel | universal |
| 2 | Old French | universal | universal |
| 3 | Latin | universalis | universal; general |
| 4 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 5 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 6 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |