Where does “sulk” come from?
Sulk comes from Latin sulcus, meaning furrow or groove, from Proto-Indo-European selk-, to pull or draw, though the semantic connection to modern sulk remains unclear.
sulk (English): A state of sulking; to express ill humor or...
Definitions
- A state of sulking; to express ill humor or...
Ancestry of “sulk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sulke | — |
| 2 | Old English | āsolcennys | idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness |
| 3 | Old English | āsolcen | sulky, languid |
| 4 | Old English | āseolcan | be slow; be weak or slothful; languish |
| 5 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 6 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
Words derived from “sulk”