Where does “sult” come from?

sult (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sultr, from Proto-Germanic swultiz, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

sult (Norwegian Bokmål): hunger; starvation; imperative of sulte

Definitions

  1. hunger; starvation; imperative of sulte

Ancestry of “sult”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesultrhunger; famine
2Proto-Germanicswultizstarvation, death, hunger
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swultiz →Every word from Old Norse sultr →