FromDutch -sel Middle Dutch -sel Old Dutch -isli Proto-West Germanic *-islī
-sel
-age -ion Creates nouns from verbs indicating something which performs or has undergone an action or is the result of the action. FromOld Norse -sl -sla Old English -ls -els -else -sel ” inDen Danske Ordbog
-sel
Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act of verbing", or a sense otherwise related to the act of verbing. Nouns formed with-sel can be of either gender. In declensions,-e- is elided by most speakers (thus e.g.brændsel brændslet, brændsler, brændslerne ), which is prescribed byDansk Sprognævn .[ 1]
FromMiddle Dutch -sel Old Dutch -isli Proto-West Germanic *-islī German -sel Old English -else Swedish -else
-sel n
-age ,-ion ;Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action. Examples: -sel
adessive singular of-ne FromProto-West Germanic *-islī
-sel (n )
Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which is a fragment of the target of a verb, whether mechanically created or by intellectual activity -sel
Alternative form of-else -sel
Alternative form of-else FromOld Norse -sl -sla
-sel m or f
used to form nouns from verbs. “-sel” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse -sl -sla
-sel m
used to form nouns from verbs. “-sel” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .-sel
making a noun from a verb Borrowed fromFrench -al
-sel
Suffix turning a word into an adjective. gök ( “ sky ” ) + -sel → göksel ( “ celestial ” ) 
