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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sēliz