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Where does “sulą” come from?

sulą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sūl- — thick liquid, muck.

sulą (Proto-Germanic): mud, muck, mire; spot

Definitions

  1. mud, muck, mire; spot

Ancestry of “sulą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansūl-thick liquid, muck

Words derived from “sulą”

  • soil
  • subsoil
  • topsoil
  • soilless
  • subsoiling
  • soal
  • soilborne
  • soiler
  • undersoil
  • subsoiler
  • paleosoil
  • soily
  • nonsoil
  • topsoiling
  • soillike
  • unsoilable
  • antisoil
  • unsoiling
  • soilable
  • soiliness
  • soilsome
  • sol
  • sule
  • solmonaþ
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