From Proto-Indo-European. Akin to Middle High German selken(“dribble (clouds)”). Other Indo-Iranian cognates include Kurdish هێشتن(hēštin, “permit”), Pashto ايښودل(iśodəl, “to place”) and Sanskrit सृजति(sṛjati, “discharge, emit”). Also related to Old Armenianարձակ(arjak, “free, loose”), ապահարզան(apaharzan, “divorce”) անդ Iranian borrowings.