selken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• silken, silkyn, sylkyn, seolkene, sulkene

Etymology

From Old English seolcen (“made of silk”); equivalent to selk +‎ -en (“made of”).

Adjective

selken

1. Made of silk.

Descendants

• English: silken
• Scots: selkin, silkin

References

• “silken, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.