English

sealmaking

From seal + making.

A compound of seal + making

Proto-Germanic *selhaz ‘seal (animal)’

Proto-West Germanic *selh ‘seal (animal)’

Old English seolh ‘seal (animal)’

Middle English sel ‘seal (pinniped)’

English seal

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of seals (stamps for impressing designs).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / sealmaking