Where does “søle” come from?
søle (Danish) comes from Swedish söla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
søle (Danish): mud; slush; dirty, defile
Definitions
- mud; slush; dirty, defile
Ancestry of “søle”, step by step
søle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish söla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | söla | to linger, to loiter, to gormandize |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Danish søl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | søl | imperative of søle |