The story
- Middle English · inherited from*sayl-makere
- English todaysailmaker
From Middle English *sayl-makere, equivalent to sail + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sailmoaker, West Frisian seilmakker, Dutch zeilmaker, German Low German Seilmaker, German Segelmacher, Danish sejlmager, Swedish segelmakare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.