Where does “souil” come from?
souil (Old French) comes from Frankish sōlja.
souil (Old French): quagmire, marsh
Definitions
- quagmire, marsh
Ancestry of “souil”, step by step
souil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Frankish sōlja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankish | sōlja | — |
via Proto-West Germanic saulja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | saulja | mire, miry place, wallow |