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Where does “sule” come from?

sule (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.

sule (Norwegian Nynorsk): a gannet or booby, a bird of the family...

Definitions

  1. a gannet or booby, a bird of the family...

Ancestry of “sule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesúla—
2Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →