sele

The story

1. Proto-Germanic*sēliz
2. Proto-West Germanic*sālī
3. Old Englishsǣl
4. Middle Englishsel
5. English todaysele

Inherited from Middle English sel (“fortune, bliss; a unit of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.

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