Where does “sȳl” come from?

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

sȳl (Old English): column, pillar, support

Definitions

  1. column, pillar, support

Ancestry of “sȳl”, 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 “sȳl”

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