Where does “zuil” come from?
zuil (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch suul, from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.
zuil (Dutch): pillar, support; pillar, institutional...
Definitions
- pillar, support; pillar, institutional...
Ancestry of “zuil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | suul | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | sūl | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |
Words derived from “zuil”