The story
- Old English · inherited from*seġlclāþ
- Middle English · inherited fromseylecloth
- English todaysailcloth
From Middle English seylecloth, saylclath, seil-cloþ, seil-clæð, from Old English *seġlclāþ, equivalent to sail + cloth. Cognate with West Frisian seilkleed, Dutch zeilkleed, Middle Low German sēgelklêt, sēgelkleit, seilklêt, seilkleit, German Segelkleid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.