Where does “Säule” come from?

Säule (German) comes from German sūl, from Old High German sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Säule (German): column, pillar

Definitions

  1. column, pillar

Ancestry of “Säule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansūl—
2Old High Germansūlstyle, pole
3Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
4Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “Säule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz →
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