selve
Old French
noun
Definitions
- forest
Etymology
Inherited from Latin silva (forest, wood, woods) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swel-
Gloss
burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agriforest English
- agroforest English
- cryptoforest English
- deforest English
- disforest English
- doorsill English
- enforest English
- forest English
- forestation English
- forested English
- forestful English
- forestial English
- forestification English
- forestine English
- forestish English
- forestkeeper English
- forestland English
- forestless English
- forestlike English
- forestness English
- forestocracy English
- forestology English
- forestscape English
- forestward English
- forestwide English
- foresty English
- giant forest genet English
- groundsill English
- hyperforest English
- multiforest English
- nanoforest English
- nonforest English
- palaeoforest English
- paleoforest English
- portsill English
- pseudoforest English
- rainforest English
- reforest English
- sill English
- silled English
- sillock English
- silva English
- silvicolous English
- skysill English
- spoligoforest English
- subforest English
- undersill English
- windowsill English
- Silvana Latin
- Silvanus Latin
- silva Latin
- silvaticus Latin
- silvicola Latin
- silviger Latin
- Silvia Italian
- selva Italian
- sylve French
- Silvia Spanish, Castilian
- selva Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultor Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultura Spanish, Castilian
- εἵλη Ancient Greek
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- Silvia Portuguese
- selva Portuguese
- silvicultura Portuguese
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *swalaz Proto-Germanic
- *swalī Proto-Germanic
- *swelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sweltaną Proto-Germanic
- *swiljaną Proto-Germanic
- Sylwia Polish
- syll Old English
- forest Middle English
- sille Middle English
- sil Serbo-Croatian
- selva Catalan, Valencian
- silvă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- хӯрдан Persian
- sìl Welsh
- sîle Norman
- сил Bulgarian
- silva Old Portuguese
- *swar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- selva Asturian
- selve Friulian