Talk:sól

Norse etymology of sól

The entry states that the Icelandic sól derives from Latin sol. In Gerhard Köbler's etymological dictionary of the Old Norse language (the ancestor of modern Icelandic), Köbler gives a Germanic stem *sôwila- as origin of the Norse / Icelandic word. As "sun" is such a basic word denoting a thing both ubiquitous and of mythological importance, wouldn't it make more sense for it to be native rather than borrowed from another language? --Jú 20:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)