Where does “sula” come from?
sula (Italian) comes from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.
sula (Italian): gannet or booby
Ancestry of “sula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | súla | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |