Where does “väävel” come from?

väävel (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German swevel, from Middle Low German sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

väävel (Estonian): sulfur

Definitions

  1. sulfur

Ancestry of “väävel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswevel—
2Middle Low Germansweval—
3Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur
Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →