Proto-Germanic
*sēliz
‘happy, fortunate’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sēliz.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sēliz, most familiar first.
- silly ← seely ← sǣliġ ← *sālīg ← *sāli
- seel ← sele ← sǣl ← *sāli
- sele ← sel ← sǣl ← *sālī
- sely ← sǣliġ ← *sālīg ← *sāli
- unsilly ← unsely ← unsǣliġ ← sǣliġ ← *sālīg
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sēliz