Where does “sailen” come from?

sailen (Middle English) comes from Middle English assailen, from Old French assalir, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

sailen (Middle English): Alternative form of assailen

Definitions

Alternative form of assailen

Ancestry of “sailen”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	assailen	To assail or assault; to loot or attack; To begin...
2	Old French	assalir	to jump on; to attack; to assault
3	Latin	assaliō	to jump on, attack
4	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
6	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
7	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8	Proto-Italic	en	in
9	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →