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Where does “sól” come from?
sól (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl.
sól
(Icelandic): the sun; sun
Definitions
the sun; sun
Ancestry of “sól”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
sól
sun
2
Proto-Germanic
*sōl
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Words derived from “sól”
sólarlag
sólarljós
forsæla
sólmyrkvi
sóla
sólúr
sólarhringur
sóley
sólgleraugu
sólber
sólarupprás
sólbað
melasól
stefánssól
sólargeisli
sólarorka
sólarvörn
sólblóm
sólbrúnn
sólhattur
sólhvörf
draumsóley
brekkusóley
bergsóley
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