Where does “súla” come from?

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

súla (Old Norse): pillar, column

Definitions

  1. pillar, column

Ancestry of “súla”, step by step

súla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic sūliz

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

via Proto-Germanic swalwǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow

Words derived from “súla”

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