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