Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “sole” come from?

sole (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.

sole (Danish): mud; slush; dirty, defile

Definitions

  1. mud; slush; dirty, defile

Ancestry of “sole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsölato linger, to loiter, to gormandize
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa run, trace, track, path, a running ...
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →