Where does “seilailla” come from?
seilailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish seilata, from Swedish segla, from Old Swedish sighla, from Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic siglijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
seilailla (Finnish): to sail
Ancestry of “seilailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | seilata | To sail; To wander, drift |
| 2 | Swedish | segla | to sail, to navigate |
| 3 | Old Swedish | sighla | to sail |
| 4 | Old Norse | sigla | to sail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siglijaną | to sail |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |