Where does “sowel” come from?
sowel (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.
sowel (Middle English): Food, especially that served with bread as a side or condiment; sowl
Definitions
- Food, especially that served with bread as a side or condiment; sowl
Ancestry of “sowel”, step by step
sowel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English sufel
| 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- | — |
via Middle English sawel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sawel | soul |