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- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

zuil (Dutch): pillar, support; pillar, institutional...

Definitions

  1. pillar, support; pillar, institutional...

Ancestry of “zuil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsuul—
2Old Dutchsūlpillar
3Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
4Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “zuil”

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