Sowl Definition
Other Word Forms of Sowl
Noun
Origin of Sowl
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From Middle English sovel, suvel, saulee, from Old English sufl, sufel, sufol (“anything eaten with bread, sowl, relish eaten with bread”), from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (“juice, moisture, rain”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian süfel (“dairy products”), Dutch zuivel (“dairy products”), Middle Low German suvel, süvel, suffel (“sowl”), Danish sul (“sowl”), Swedish sovel (“sowl”).
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Compare German zaulen, zauseln, zausen (“to tug, drag”).
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From Middle English sowle, sawle (“soul”). More at soul.
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