Where does “suul” come from?

suul (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Ancestry of “suul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsūlpillar
2Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
3Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “suul”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →