Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
A state of sulking. · A fit of sulking; a sulking mood. · A person who sulks
Back-formation from sulky, of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle English *sulke, *solke (attested in solcenesse (“idleness; laziness”), from Old English āsolcennys (“idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness”), from āsolcen (“sulky, languid”), from past participle of Old English āseolcan (“be slow; be weak or slothful; languish”), from Proto-Germanic *selkaną (“to fall in drops; dribble; droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *sélǵ-o-nom, from *selǵ- (“to let go, send”). Cognate with several Indo-Iranian words deriving from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarȷ́- (such as Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti), सर्जन (sárjana), सृक (sṛká)), possibly Hittite 𒊭𒀠𒀝𒍣 (ša-al-ak-zi /šalkzi/, “knead, mix”), although the semantic connection is weak.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*selǵ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sulkeenm
- Inherited-form mentionāsolcennysang · idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness
- Derivation mentionāseolcanang · be slow; be weak or slothful; languish
- Derivation mention*selkanągem-pro · to fall in drops; dribble; droop
- Cognate mention*sarȷ́-iir-pro
- Cognate mentionसृजतिsa
- Cognate mention𒊭𒀠𒀝𒍣hit
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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