Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/segl

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

*segl n[1]

sail

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*segl
Genitive	*seglas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*segl	*seglu
Accusative	*segl	*seglu
Genitive	*seglas	*seglō
Dative	*seglē	*seglum
Instrumental	*seglu	*seglum

Derived terms

*seglōn
*siglijan

Descendants

Old English: seġl, seġel
- Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile
  - Scots: sail, saill, sale
  - English: sail
- → Old Irish: séol
  - Irish: seol
  - Manx: shiaull
  - Scottish Gaelic: seòl
- → Proto-Brythonic: *huɨl
  - Breton: gouel
  - Welsh: hwyl
Old Frisian: seil
- Saterland Frisian: Sail
- West Frisian: seil
Old Saxon: segal, segel
- Middle Low German: segel; segelstēn
  - Low German: Seil, Segel
  - Plautdietsch: Säajel
  - → Icelandic: segulsteinn, segull
Old Dutch: segil
- Middle Dutch: sēgel, seil
  - Dutch: zeil
Old High German: segal
- Middle High German: sëgel
  - German: Segel
    - → Luxembourgish: Seegel
    - → Polish: żagiel

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *segl”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *segl”