Where does “Sigelsuche” come from?

Sigelsuche (German) comes from German sigel, from French sigle, from Late Latin sigla, from Latin siglum, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Sigelsuche (German): abbreviation siglum search

Definitions

  1. abbreviation siglum search

Ancestry of “Sigelsuche”, step by step

Sigelsuche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sigel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansigelsiglum, a conventional abbreviation for a word or words
2Frenchsigleabbreviation; acronym or initialism
3Late Latinsiglanominative plural of siglum; accusative plural of...
4Latinsiglumabbreviation
5Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German Suche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSuchesearch
2Middle High Germansuoche
3Old High Germansuohha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin sigillum