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זעלדע

זעלדע
'Zelda (woman's name)

ETYMOLOGY

Got. sels 'kind, good', ON sæll 'fortunate'; sæld 'fortune', OE sēl 'better', sǣl 'fortune'; sǣlð, OS sālða, OHG sālig 'fortunate', sālīda 'fortune', MHG sælde 'goodness, blessing'. The origin of the root beyond Germanic is a subject of controversy.

WESTERN

זילדא
Approximate pronunciaton /ˈzeldə/ in the earliest Hebrew source from Nuremberg in 1298.

CENTRAL