Where does “seol” come from?

seol (Irish) comes from Middle Irish seólaid, from Middle Irish séol, from Old Irish séol, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.

seol (Irish): sail; covering, canopy; drift, trend; course,...

Definitions

  1. sail; covering, canopy; drift, trend; course,...

Ancestry of “seol”, step by step

seol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish seólaid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishseólaidto sail
2Middle Irishséolsail
3Old Irishséolsail
4Old Englishseġlsail
5Proto-West Germanicseglsail
6Proto-Germanicsegląsheet; sail
7Proto-Germanicsiglą—

via Proto-West Germanic selh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicselhseal
2Proto-Germanicselhazseal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “seol”

Every word from Proto-Germanic siglą →Every word from Proto-Germanic seglą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic segl →