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Where does “solc” come from?

solc (Catalan) comes from Latin sulcus, from Proto-Italic solkos, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

solc (Catalan): furrow; groove

Definitions

  1. furrow; groove

Ancestry of “solc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsulcusfurrow; ploughing
2Proto-Italicsolkos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw
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