Where does “seil” come from?

seil (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch segil, from Proto-West Germanic segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.

seil (Middle Dutch): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “seil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsegil—
2Proto-West Germanicseglsail
3Proto-Germanicsegląsheet; sail
4Proto-Germanicsiglą—

Words derived from “seil”

Every word from Proto-Germanic siglą →