sole
English
/səʊl/, /soʊl/
noun
Definitions
- (dialectal) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sole (rope) inherited from Old English sāl (line, a rope, rein, cord, necklace, door-hinge, bond, collar) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sailą (rope) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (tie to, strength, tension, tie together, stretch one's arm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sey-
Gloss
tie to, strength, tension, tie together, stretch one's arm
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
💪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mary English
- Marysole English
- bar English
- boot English
- bootsole English
- in English
- insole English
- midsole English
- outsole English
- piece English
- plate English
- resole English
- shoe English
- shoesole English
- solebar English
- soleless English
- solely English
- soleness English
- solepiece English
- soleplate English
- soleship English
- solitude English
- undersole English
- Abseiler German
- Drahtseil German
- Schrägseilbrücke German
- Seil German
- Seiler German
- Seiltanz German
- abseilen German
- *sey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱent- Proto-Indo-European
- *sailą Proto-Germanic
- sāl Old English
- sole Middle English
- solnes Middle English
- soly Middle English
- seli Old Norse
- solitude Old French
- seil Middle High German
- dell Albanian
- *sail gmw-pro
- סול Hebrew (modern)
- *daislā Proto-Albanian