Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/seglą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain, with no proven cognates outside of Germanic; OED and Klein see a connection with Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sekh₁- (“to cut”), as in "to cut a piece of cloth."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɣ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*seglą n

1. sheet
2. sail

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *seglą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*seglą	*seglō
vocative	*seglą	*seglō
accusative	*seglą	*seglō
genitive	*seglas, *siglis	*seglǫ̂
dative	*siglai	*seglamaz
instrumental	*seglō	*seglamiz

Derived terms

• *seglōną
• *siglijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *segl
  • 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
• Old Norse: segl
  • Icelandic: segl
  • Faroese: segl
  • Norn: segel
  • Norwegian: segl
  • Old Swedish: sæghl
    • Swedish: segel
  • Danish: sejl
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: seil
  • Gutnish: segel, sjägel, sigel, sjägul
  • Scanian: seğl
  • → Old French: sigle