Where does “svovel” come from?

svovel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German swavel, from Old Saxon sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

svovel (Norwegian Bokmål): sulphur, or sulfur

Definitions

  1. sulphur, or sulfur

Ancestry of “svovel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswavel—
2Old Saxonsweval—
3Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur

Words derived from “svovel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →Every word from Old Saxon sweval →Every word from Middle Low German swavel →