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
- a gannet or booby, a bird of the family...
Ancestry of “sule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | súla | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |