Old English seolcen "made of silk;" see silk + -en (2). Meaning "silk-like, soft and glossy" is from 1510s.
silken eyelashes
silicate
silicon
silicone
silicosis
silk
silken
silkworm
silky
sill
sillabub
silliness
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