Where does “Säulenschaft” come from?

Säulenschaft (German) comes from German Säule, 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.

Säulenschaft (German): column shaft, scape

Definitions

  1. column shaft, scape

Ancestry of “Säulenschaft”, step by step

Säulenschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäulecolumn, pillar
2Germansūl—
3Old High Germansūlstyle, pole
4Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via German Schaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchaftshaft
2Old High Germanscaft—
3Proto-West Germanicskaftshaft
4Proto-Germanicskaftazshaft
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂p-rod, shaft, staff, club
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...
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