Where does “sigill” come from?

sigill (Swedish) comes from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sigill (Swedish): a seal (a design usually representing some person or organization, an impression of that design on a document or other object with a stamp (in lacquer or wax or similar material), and a stamp bearing such a design)

Definitions

  1. a seal (a design usually representing some person or organization, an impression of that design on a document or other object with a stamp (in lacquer or wax or similar material), and a stamp bearing such a design)

Ancestry of “sigill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sigill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin sigillum →