Where does “storseil” come from?
storseil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål seil, from Danish sejl, from Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.
storseil (Norwegian Bokmål): a mainsail
Ancestry of “storseil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | seil | a sail; imperative of seile |
| 2 | Danish | sejl | sail; imperative of sejle |
| 3 | Old Norse | segl | sail |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | seglą | sheet; sail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siglą | — |