Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “sejl” come from?

sejl (Danish) comes from Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.

sejl (Danish): sail; imperative of sejle

Definitions

  1. sail; imperative of sejle

Ancestry of “sejl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseseglsail
2Proto-Germanicsegląsheet; sail
3Proto-Germanicsiglą—
Every word from Proto-Germanic siglą →