Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siglijan

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *siglijaną. Equivalent to *segl (“a sail”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*siglijan

to sail

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*siglijan
1st sg. past	*siglidā
Infinitive	*siglijan
Genitive infin.	*siglijannjas
Dative infin.	*siglijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*siglijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sigliju	*siglidā
2nd singular	*siglisi	siglidēs, siglidōs
3rd singular	*sigliþi	siglidē, siglidā
1st plural	*siglijum	*siglidum
2nd plural	*sigliþ	*siglidud
3rd plural	*siglijanþ	*siglidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*siglijē	*siglidī
2nd singular	*siglijēs	*siglidī
3rd singular	*siglijē	*siglidī
1st plural	*siglijēm	*siglidīm
2nd plural	*siglijēþ	*siglidīd
3rd plural	*siglijēn	*siglidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sigli
Plural	*sigliþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*siglijandī	*siglid

Related terms

*seglōn

Descendants

Old English: siġlan, seġlan
- Middle English: seylen, saylen (merged with descendant of seġlian)
  - English: sail
  - Scots: sail
Old Frisian: sīla
- West Frisian: sile
Old Saxon: *siglian, *sigalian
- Middle Low German: segelen, sēgelen, seggelen (merged with descendant of *seglōn)
  - German Low German: seilen
  - Plautdietsch: säajlen
Old High German: *sigalen, *sigilen
- Middle High German: sigelen, sigeln

Etymology 2

From Late Latin sigillāre (“to seal”). Compare Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sigljan).

Verb

*siglijan

to seal

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*siglijan
1st sg. past	*siglidā
Infinitive	*siglijan
Genitive infin.	*siglijannjas
Dative infin.	*siglijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*siglijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sigliju	*siglidā
2nd singular	*siglisi	siglidēs, siglidōs
3rd singular	*sigliþi	siglidē, siglidā
1st plural	*siglijum	*siglidum
2nd plural	*sigliþ	*siglidud
3rd plural	*siglijanþ	*siglidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*siglijē	*siglidī
2nd singular	*siglijēs	*siglidī
3rd singular	*siglijē	*siglidī
1st plural	*siglijēm	*siglidīm
2nd plural	*siglijēþ	*siglidīd
3rd plural	*siglijēn	*siglidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sigli
Plural	*sigliþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*siglijandī	*siglid

Derived terms

*bisiglijan

Related terms

*sigilōn

Descendants

Old Saxon: siglian
- Middle Low German: sēgelen
  - German Low German: segeln
- ⇒ Middle Low German: besēgelen
  - German Low German: besegeln
- ⇒ Middle Low German: ēnsēgelen
- ⇒ Middle Low German: ingesēgelen
- ⇒ Middle Low German: insēgelen
  - German Low German: insegeln
- ⇒ Middle Low German: vorsēgelen, vörsēgelen
  - German Low German: versegeln
Old Dutch: *sigilen
- Middle Dutch: segelen
  - Dutch: zegelen
    - ⇒ Dutch: inzegelen
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: versegelen
    - Dutch: verzegelen
- Old Dutch: bisigilen
  - Middle Dutch: besegelen
    - Dutch: bezegelen
  - ⇒ Old Dutch: bisigelet (past participle)
Old High German: sigilen
- Middle High German: sigelen
  - German: siegeln
  - ⇒ Middle High German: übersigelen
    - German: übersiegeln
- ⇒ Old High German: bisigilen
  - Middle High German: besigelen
    - German: besiegeln
    - Luxembourgish: besigelen
- ⇒ Old High German: insigilen
  - Middle High German: insigelen, īnsigelen
    - German: einsiegeln
  - ⇒ Old High German: biinsigilen
    - Middle High German: beingesigelen
    - ⇒ Middle High German: veringesigelen
- ⇒ Old High German: intsigilen
  - Middle High German: entsigelen
    - German: entsiegeln
- ⇒ Old High German: firsigilen
  - Middle High German: versigelen
    - German: versiegeln
- ⇒ Old High German: gisigilen