Where does “svavel” come from?

svavel (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German swavel, from Old Saxon sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

svavel (Swedish): sulfur

Definitions

  1. sulfur

Ancestry of “svavel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswavel—
2Old Saxonsweval—
3Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur

Words derived from “svavel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →Every word from Old Saxon sweval →Every word from Middle Low German swavel →