Where does “rafsegull” come from?
rafsegull (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic segull, from Icelandic segulsteinn, from Middle Low German segelstēn, from Middle Low German segel, from Proto-West Germanic *sigil, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
rafsegull (Icelandic): electromagnet
Definitions
- electromagnet
Ancestry of “rafsegull”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | segull | magnet |
| 2 | Icelandic | segulsteinn | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | segelstēn | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | segel | sail |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sigil | seal |
| 6 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |