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Where does “súlupylsa” come from?

súlupylsa (Faroese) comes from Faroese súla, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.

súlupylsa (Faroese): sausage filled in the stomach of "súla"

Definitions

  1. sausage filled in the stomach of "súla"

Ancestry of “súlupylsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesesúlanorthern gannet
2Old Norsesúla—
3Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-—
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