Where does “zeil” come from?

zeil (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch seil, from Old Dutch segil, from Proto-West Germanic segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.

zeil (Dutch): sail; tarpaulin, tarp

Definitions

  1. sail; tarpaulin, tarp

Ancestry of “zeil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchseilsail
2Old Dutchsegil
3Proto-West Germanicseglsail
4Proto-Germanicsegląsheet; sail
5Proto-Germanicsiglą

Words derived from “zeil

Every word from Proto-Germanic siglą