Where does “þullō” come from?

þullō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tūl-.

þullō (Proto-Germanic): beam; thole

Definitions

  1. beam; thole

Ancestry of “þullō”, step by step

þullō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tūl-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantūl-

via Proto-Indo-European twel-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantwel-bush; sphere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūl-