Where does “soulen” come from?
soulen (Middle English) comes from Middle English soule, from Middle English sowel, from Old English sufel, from English soufflé, from French soufflé, from French souffler, from Old French sofler, from Latin sufflō.
Ancestry of “soulen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | soule | — |
| 2 | Middle English | sowel | — |
| 3 | Old English | sufel | anything eaten with bread, e.g. meat, vegetables,... |
| 4 | English | soufflé | A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and... |
| 5 | French | soufflé | soufflé; past participle of souffler |
| 6 | French | souffler | to blow; to blow out; to whisper |
| 7 | Old French | sofler | — |
| 8 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 9 | Latin | flō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |