Where does “souillier” come from?

souillier (Old French) comes from Frankish sauljan, from Proto-Germanic sulwōną, from Proto-Indo-European sūl- — thick liquid, muck.

souillier (Old French): to dirty; to stain; to tarnish

Definitions

  1. to dirty; to stain; to tarnish

Ancestry of “souillier”, step by step

souillier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish sauljan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishsauljan—
2Proto-Germanicsulwōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansūl-thick liquid, muck

via Frankish *sulwijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*sulwijan—

Words derived from “souillier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sūl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sulwōną →Every word from Frankish sauljan →