Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/seglą
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
Noun
*seglą n
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *seglą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *seglą | *seglō | |
vocative | *seglą | *seglō | |
accusative | *seglą | *seglō | |
genitive | *seglas, *siglis | *seglǫ̂ | |
dative | *siglai | *seglamaz | |
instrumental | *seglō | *seglamiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *segl
- 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
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- → Old French: sigle