Where does “zeiler” come from?

zeiler (Dutch) comes from Dutch Zeilen, 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.

zeiler (Dutch): A yachtsman, a sailor

Definitions

  1. A yachtsman, a sailor

Ancestry of “zeiler”, step by step

zeiler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Zeilen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZeilenVela
2Middle Dutchseilento sail
3Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
4Old Dutch-en—
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →