sullow

sullow · verb¹

1. Old English · derived from*solgian“to soil, sully”
2. Middle English · derived fromsulien“to sully”
3. Middle English · inherited fromsulwen
4. English todaysullow

From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully.

sullow · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*selk-“to pull”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sulhs
3. Old English · inherited fromsulh
4. Middle English · inherited fromsolow
5. English todaysullow

From Middle English solow, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk (“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli (“furrow”), heq (“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ (hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)).

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