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