Sails in the north: further linguistic considerations

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Author：Sayers, W

Article Title：Sails in the north: further linguistic considerations

Abstract：
The Indo-European root *segh-, encompassing notions of 'holding, seizing', possibly 'harnessing power', and its derivative *seghlos are proposed as etyma for a northern Gaulish word for 'sail' that then spread, with the attendant technology, to adjacent Celtic and Germanic dialects.

Keywords: sail; gaulish; Celtic; germanic

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2004.00030.x

Source：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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