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Number: 1932
Root: su̯elplo-s
English meaning: sulphur
German meaning: `Schwefel'
Material: Got. swibls, ags. swefl, ahd. swebal `Schwefel' = lat. sulpur ds. (*su̯elplo-s); germ. dissim. zu *swe[l]fla-, *swe[l]ƀla-.
References: WP. II 533, WH. II 628; volksetymologisch beeinflußt von su̯el-2.
Pages: 1046
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *swepl-
Meaning: sulphur
Tokharian: ? A, B sälp- 'be set alight, blaze up, burn' (Adams 689)
Latin: sulpur, -uris n. `Schwefel'
Russ. meaning: сера
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *swiblá-z, *swa[b]la-z
Meaning: sulphur
Gothic: *swibl-s m.? `sulfur'
Old English: swefel (swefl), -s m. `sulphur, brimstone', { swäfl }
Old Saxon: sweval
Middle Dutch: swāvel; swēvel
Dutch: zwavel m.
Middle Low German: swāvel
Old High German: swebal, swebul (8.Jh.), sweval (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: swëbel, swëvel st. m. 'schwefel'
German: Schwefel m.
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