Where does “súl” come from?

súl (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Ancestry of “súl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “súl”

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