Where does “sōl” come from?

sōl (Old English) comes from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sōl (Old English): sun; the sun

Definitions

  1. sun; the sun

Ancestry of “sōl”, step by step

sōl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

via Proto-Germanic sōl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsōlsun, the Sun

Words derived from “sōl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →