The story
- Old English · derived from*samǣlan“to half-burn”
- English todaysammel
Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sammel
Today it means: Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling. Full definition →
Old English *samǣlan