The story
- Middle English · inherited from*sayl-yarn
- English todaysailyarn
From Middle English *sayl-yarn, *seyl-ȝarn, equivalent to sail + yarn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sailjäiden, West Frisian seiljern, Dutch zeilgaren, German Low German Seilgaarn, German Segelgarn, Danish sejlgarn, Swedish segelgarn, Icelandic seglgarn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.