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Where does “Sula” come from?

Sula (Translingual) comes from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-.

Ancestry of “Sula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesúla—
2Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-—

Words derived from “Sula”

  • Suliformes
  • Sulidae
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