Where does “fotsula” come from?
fotsula (Swedish) comes from Swedish fot, from Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
fotsula (Swedish): a sole of a foot
Definitions
- a sole of a foot
Ancestry of “fotsula”, step by step
fotsula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fot | a foot; the body part touching the ground while... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fōter | foot |
| 3 | Old Norse | fótr | a foot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Swedish sula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sula | sole, the bottom of a shoe; a booby; a bird of... |
| 2 | Old French | sole | oblique/nominative feminine singular of sol |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sola | nominative plural of solum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | solea | sandal; sole of a shoe |
| 5 | Latin | sōlum | bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swol- | sole; sole of the foot |