selja
Icelandic
/ˈsɛlja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (ditransitive) to sell
- (ditransitive) to hand over
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse selja (sell, willow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*saljaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cross-sell English
- mis-sell English
- missell English
- onsell English
- outsell English
- oversell English
- presell English
- resell English
- sell English
- sellability English
- sellable English
- sellback English
- selldown English
- sellee English
- seller English
- sellest English
- selleth English
- sellout English
- sellsword English
- supersell English
- undersell English
- unsell English
- unsellability English
- upsell English
- *selh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- selge Norwegian Bokmål
- selje Norwegian Bokmål
- *saljaną Proto-Germanic
- sälg Swedish
- selja Norwegian Nynorsk
- selje Norwegian Nynorsk
- sellan Old English
- sellen Middle English
- selja Old Norse
- seljandi Old Norse
- seljari Old Norse
- steinn Icelandic
- steinselja Icelandic
- sellen Old High German
- selja Faroese
- *salljan gmw-pro
- sallima Estonian
- *sallidak Proto-Finnic
- sælia Old Swedish
- seli Westrobothnian
- salim Tok Pisin
- sæliæ Old Danish
- seri Sranan Tongo
- sellum Chinese Pidgin English