sely

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sālīg“happy”
2. Old English · inherited fromsǣliġ“blessed, fortunate”
3. Middle English · inherited fromsely
4. English todaysely

From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to Middle English seel + -y.

Words from the same roots