soal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sūl-“thick liquid, muck”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sulą“mire, mud”
3. Old English · inherited fromsol“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsol
5. English todaysoal

From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.

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