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-.
Säule (German): column, pillar
Ancestry of “Säule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | sūl | — |
| 2 | Old High German | sūl | style, pole |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |
Words derived from “Säule”