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Where does “*sulwijan” come from?

*sulwijan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic sulwijaną, from Proto-Indo-European sūl- — thick liquid, muck.

Ancestry of “*sulwijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsulwijanąto make dirty; to sully
2Proto-Indo-Europeansūl-thick liquid, muck
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