Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sigilōn

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

Borrowed from Latin sigillō (“to seal”). Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sigljan).

Verb

*sigilōn

1. to seal

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*sigilōn
1st sg. past	*sigilōdā
Infinitive	*sigilōn
Genitive infin.	*sigilōnijas
Dative infin.	*sigilōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sigilōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sigilō	*sigilōdā
2nd singular	*sigilōs	*sigilōdēs, *sigilōdōs
3rd singular	*sigilōþ	*sigilōdē, *sigilōdā
1st plural	*sigilōm	*sigilōdum
2nd plural	*sigilōþ	*sigilōdud
3rd plural	*sigilōnþ	*sigilōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sigilō	*sigilōdī
2nd singular	*sigilōs	*sigilōdī
3rd singular	*sigilō	*sigilōdī
1st plural	*sigilōm	*sigilōdīm
2nd plural	*sigilōþ	*sigilōdīd
3rd plural	*sigilōn	*sigilōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sigilō
Plural	*sigilōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sigilōndī	*sigilōd

Related terms

• *insigilōn
  • Old English: inseġlian
    • Middle English: enselen, inselen (contaminated by Old French)
      • English: enseal (obsolete)
  • Old Saxon: *insiglian
    • Middle Low German: insêgelen
  • Old Dutch: *insigilon
    • Middle Dutch: *insegelen
      • Dutch: inzegelen
  • Old High German: insigilen
    • Middle High German: insigelen
      • German: einsiegeln

Derived terms

• *besigilōn
  • Old Frisian: bisiglia
  • Old Saxon: *bisiglian
    • Middle Low German: besêgelen
  • Old Dutch: *bisigilon
    • Middle Dutch: besegelen
      • Dutch: bezegelen
  • Old High German: bisigilen
    • Middle High German: besigelen, bisigeln, besigeln
      • German: besiegeln
      • Luxembourgish: besigelen

Descendants

• Old English: *seġlian
  • Middle English: selen (contaminated by Old French)
    • English: seal
  • ⇒ Old English: unseġlian
    • Middle English: unselen
      • English: unseal
• Old Frisian: siglia, siselia, sigilia
• Old Saxon: siglian
  • Middle Low German: sêgelen, siegelen
• Old Dutch: *sigilon
  • Middle Dutch: segelen
    • Dutch: zegelen
• Old High German: *sigilōn, sigilen
  • Middle Low German: sigelen
    • German: siegeln