Etymograph

English

teelseed

From teel + seed.

A compound of teel + seed

Sanskrit तिल ‘Sesamum indicum, sesame seed’

Hindi तिल ‘sesame’

English teel

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to sow’

Proto-Germanic *sēdą

Proto-West Germanic *sād

Old English sēd ‘seed’

Middle English seed

English seed

Today it means

noun sesame seed

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teelseed”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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