Where does “sūl” come from?

sūl (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

sūl (Old Dutch): pillar

Definitions

  1. pillar

Ancestry of “sūl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
2Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “sūl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz →