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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sigilą, from Latin sigillum. Compare Old Norse sigli, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌻𐌾𐍉 (sigljō).
Noun
*sigil n
- seal
- clasp
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*sigil(a)
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| Genitive
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*sigilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*sigil(a)
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*sigilu
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| Accusative
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*sigil(a)
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*sigilu
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| Genitive
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*sigilas
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*sigilō
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| Dative
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*sigilē
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*sigilum
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| Instrumental
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*sigilu
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*sigilum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: siġil, siġel, siġl
- Old Frisian: sigil, sigel
- Old Saxon: *sigil
- Old Dutch: *sigil
- Middle Dutch: segel, seigel, seegel
- Dutch: zegel, ziegel
- Afrikaans: seël
- Negerhollands: siegel, siel
- Petjo: segel
- → Aukan: sekili
- → Caribbean Javanese: sèkhel
- → Indonesian: segel
- Old High German: *sigil