Where does “Zeilen” come from?

Zeilen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch seilen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Zeilen (Dutch): Vela

Definitions

  1. Vela

Ancestry of “Zeilen”, step by step

Zeilen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch seilen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchseilento sail
2Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
3Old Dutch-en
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch zeil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzeilsail; tarpaulin, tarp
2Middle Dutchseilsail
3Old Dutchsegil
4Proto-West Germanicseglsail
5Proto-Germanicsegląsheet; sail
6Proto-Germanicsiglą

Words derived from “Zeilen

Every word from Chichewa iye
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