Where does “Schwäwelholt” come from?

Schwäwelholt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Holt, from Middle Low German holt, from Old Saxon holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.

Schwäwelholt (Plautdietsch): match treated wooden stick

Definitions

  1. match treated wooden stick

Ancestry of “Schwäwelholt”, step by step

Schwäwelholt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Holt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoltwood
2Middle Low Germanholt
3Old Saxonholt
4Proto-West Germanicholtwoods, forest; wood
5Proto-Germanichultąwood
6Proto-Indo-Europeankald-
7Proto-Indo-Europeankola-

via Plautdietsch Schwäwel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchwäwelsulfur
2Middle Low Germanswevel
3Middle Low Germansweval
4Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kola-
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