Where does “siegeln” come from?
siegeln (German) comes from German Siegel, from Middle Low German segel, from Proto-West Germanic *sigil, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
siegeln (German): to seal
Definitions
- to seal
Ancestry of “siegeln”, step by step
siegeln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Siegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Siegel | seal |
| 2 | Middle Low German | segel | sail |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sigil | seal |
| 4 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Middle High German sigelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | sigelen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | sigilen | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | siglijan | 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 |