selch
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
selch (plural selchs)
Derived terms[edit]
- selkie (diminutive)
Further reading[edit]
- “selch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.