Proto-Indo-European

*sel-

‘jump, spring’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sel-.

38 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, most familiar first.

• result ← resulten ← resultare ← resilio ← salio
• sale ← sæl ← *sal ← *salą
• savage ← sauvage ← salvāticus ← silvāticus ← silva
• salmon ← samoun ← saumon ← saumon ← salmo
• insult ← insulter
• sally ← saillie ← sailli ← saillir ← salio
• salon ← salone ← sala ← sala ← *salą
• exile ← exil ← essil ← exsilium ← exsul
• silva
• salvage ← salvaje ← salvatge ← salvatge ← *salvāticus
• resilient ← resiliēns ← resiliō ← saliō ← ἅλλομαι
• salle ← sale ← *sali ← *saliz

More words from *sel-

• salient
• sill
• sylvan
• somersault
• salacious
• slink
• selva
• seel
• selly
• exult
• siwash
• consilience
• resile
• gezellig
• sylvatic
• consilient
• haltere
• resiliate
• resiliation
• salacity
• seld
• silvicolous
• silvics
• silvology
• silvatic
• sussultatory

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sel-