English
sull
Back-formation from sullen.
Another origin of sull
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*selk-‘to drag, to furrow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sulhs‘plough’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sulhreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sulh‘plough’
- Englishtodaysull
Today it means
verb Of an animal: to stop; to refuse to go on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sull