Where does “þoll” come from?

þoll (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þullaz, from Proto-Indo-European tūl-.

þoll (Old English): oar-pin, rowlock; thole

Definitions

  1. oar-pin, rowlock; thole

Ancestry of “þoll”, step by step

þoll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic þullaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþullazthole, rowlock
2Proto-Indo-Europeantūl-—

via Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛚᚢ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norse*ᚦᚨᛚᚢ—
2Proto-Germanic*þallō—

Words derived from “þoll”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þullaz →