Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn act of selling; sale. · The promotion of an idea for acceptance. · An easy task. · An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Faroese and Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*selh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsellenenm
- Inherited-form mentionsellanang
- Inherited-form mention*salljangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*saljanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*selh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionsellsco · to sell
- Cognate mentionsælgeda · to sell
- Cognate mentionselgenb · to sell
- Cognate mentionseljann
- Cognate mentionsäljasv · to sell
- Cognate mention𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽got · to pay tribute, make an offer
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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