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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

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

Words derived from “þoll”

  • thole
  • thoil
  • tholepin
  • thole
  • dola
  • doladhroichead
  • dola-phlás
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