Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo hunt seals.
From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionselenm
- Inherited-form mentionseolhang
- Inherited-form mention*selhgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*selhazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionselchsco
- Cognate mentionselichfrr
- Cognate mentionseeldum
- Cognate mentionselahgoh
- Cognate mentionsælda
- Cognate mentionsalegml
- Cognate mentionseluris
- Derivation mention*selk-ine-pro · to pull
- Cognate mentionsullowen · plough
- Cognate mentionhylkifi
- Cognate mentionhüljeset
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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