Where does “virvelsøyle” come from?
virvelsøyle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål søyle, from German Säule, from German sūl, from Old High German sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.
virvelsøyle (Norwegian Bokmål): spinal column, spine, backbone
Definitions
- spinal column, spine, backbone
Ancestry of “virvelsøyle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | søyle | a column, pillar |
| 2 | German | Säule | column, pillar |
| 3 | German | sūl | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sūl | style, pole |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |