Where does “sula” come from?

sula (Swedish) comes from Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin sola, from Latin solea, from Latin sōlum, from Proto-Indo-European swol- — sole; sole of the foot.

sula (Swedish): sole, the bottom of a shoe; a booby; a bird of...

Definitions

  1. sole, the bottom of a shoe; a booby; a bird of...

Ancestry of “sula”, step by step

sula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French sole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsoleoblique/nominative feminine singular of sol
2Vulgar Latinsolanominative plural of solum; accusative plural of...
3Latinsoleasandal; sole of a shoe
4Latinsōlumbottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswol-sole; sole of the foot

via Old Norse súla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesúlapillar, column
2Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

Words derived from “sula

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swol-
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