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Probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A surname. Full definition →
Probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.