Where does “sulă” come from?
sulă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin subla, from Latin subula, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.
sulă (Romanian): awl
Ancestry of “sulă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | subla | — |
| 2 | Latin | subula | shoemaker's awl |
| 3 | Latin | suō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sūō | sew, stitch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *syewH- | — |