sole
Norwegian Nynorsk
/skuːlə/
pronu-note
Definitions
- (anatomy) a sole bottom or plantar surface of the foot
- (footwear) a sole bottom of a shoe or boot
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse sóli derived from Latin solum (ground, bottom, floor, soil, base, flat ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot).
Origin
Latin
solum
Gloss
ground, bottom, floor, soil, base, flat ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
土, 地
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -sol English
- solum English
- *solium Latin
- assolo Latin
- solea Latin
- solium Latin
- solum Latin
- sol French
- solar Spanish, Castilian
- *swol- Proto-Indo-European
- såle Norwegian Bokmål
- sol Old English
- sóli Old Norse
- sål Danish
- sòl Catalan, Valencian
- sóli Icelandic
- soio Galician
- sol Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sylfaen Welsh
- sole Middle Low German