Where does “sufel” come from?
sufel (Old English) comes from English soufflé, from French soufflé, from French souffler, from Old French sofler, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
sufel (Old English): anything eaten with bread, e.g. meat, vegetables,...
Definitions
- anything eaten with bread, e.g. meat, vegetables,...
Ancestry of “sufel”, step by step
sufel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English soufflé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soufflé | A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and... |
| 2 | French | soufflé | soufflé; past participle of souffler |
| 3 | French | souffler | to blow; to blow out; to whisper |
| 4 | Old French | sofler | — |
| 5 | Latin | sufflō | to blow, puff up, inflate |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |