sel-6, selǝ- : slā-

    sel-6, selǝ- : slā-

    English meaning: lucky, luck

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gũnstig, guter Stimmung; begũtigen”

    Material: Lat. sōlor, -üri “ comfort, lindern, beschwichtigen”; O.Ir. slün “heil; fit, healthy”; Gmc. *sēl- in Goth. sēls “good, suitable “, sēlei “Gute”, O.Ice. sǣ ll “lucky”, O.E. sǣ l m. f. “luck, Gelegenheit, time”, gesǣ lig “lucky”. O.H.G. O.S. sülig “lucky, blessed, gesegnet”, O.H.G. sülida “Gũte, luck, salvation” = O.S. sülða, O.E. sǣ lð, O.N. sǣ ld f. “luck”; *sol- in O.E. sēlra (*sōliza) “better”, adv. sēl “better”; Auf a heavy basis *s(e)lǝ- : slü- based on die Gk. family of *ἵ̄λημι (*σί-σλη-μι) “bin gũnstig, gracious”, Imp. Hom. ἵληθι, theokr. ἵλᾰθι (*σί-σλᾰ-θι), next to which as perf.-Imp. Eol. ἔλλαθι (*σε-σλᾰθι); unredupl. present ἵλαμαι, after dem. redupl. ἵ̄λα- umgefärbt from *ἕλαμαι (ἑ- still in ΏΕλάερα = ἱλάειρα by Steph. Byz.) as also ἱλαρός “cheerful, blithe, glad” from *ἑλαρός; ἰ̄λάσκομαι (*σι-σλᾰ-σκομαι) “make mir jemanden gũnstig gesinnt, versöhne”; due to of present ἵ̄λη-, ἵ̄λᾰ- on the one hand lakon. ἵληFος, Cret. ἴ̄λεος, Att. ἵ̄λεως, Ion. ἴ̄λεως, on the other hand Hom. ἵλα(F)ος, arkad. ἴ̄λα(F)ος, Lesb. ἴλλαος “gũnstig, gracious”.

    References: WP. II 506 f., WH. II 556.