Where does “Sail” come from?
Sail (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.
Sail (Luxembourgish): pillar, column
Ancestry of “Sail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | sūl | style, pole |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |