Where does “Wirbelsäule” come from?
Wirbelsäule (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-.
Wirbelsäule (German): vertebral column, backbone, spine
Definitions
- vertebral column, backbone, spine
Ancestry of “Wirbelsäule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Säule | column, pillar |
| 2 | German | sūl | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sūl | style, pole |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |