Appendix:Proto-Germanic/pullaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bulno-, *bōwl- (“round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Latin bulla (“bubble, buckle, knob”).

Noun

*pullaz m

1. round object
2. (anatomy) head
3. top, summit, peak

Declension

Declension of *pullaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pullaz	*pullōz, -ōs
Vocative	*pull	*pullōz, -ōs
Accusative	*pullą	*pullanz
Genitive	*pullas, -is	*pullǫ̂
Dative	*pullai	*pullamaz
Instrumental	*pullō	*pullamiz

Descendants

• Old English: *poll
  • Middle English: polle, poll (also perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German); (> tadpolle, taddepol, etc.)
    • Scots: poll, pow
    • English: poll; tadpole; pollhead, etc.
    • Anglo-French: poll
• Old Frisian: (*poll)
  • Saterland Frisian: (pol)
• Old Saxon: *poll
  • Middle Low German: pol, polle
    • Low German: Polle
    • German: Pol
• Old Dutch: *poll, (polla)
  • Middle Dutch: pol, polle
    • Dutch: pol

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bale- (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Lithuanian bala (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian болото (boloto, “swamp; bog; marsh”).

Noun

*pullaz m

1. pool, puddle
2. ditch, creek

Declension

Declension of *pullaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pullaz	*pullōz, -ōs
Vocative	*pull	*pullōz, -ōs
Accusative	*pullą	*pullanz
Genitive	*pullas, -is	*pullǫ̂
Dative	*pullai	*pullamaz
Instrumental	*pullō	*pullamiz

Derived terms

• *pullijaz

Related terms

• *pōlaz

Descendants

• Old English: pull; (pyll < *pullijaz)
  • Middle English: *pyll, *pill
    • English: pill
• Old Norse: pollr
  • Icelandic: pollur
  • Faroese: pollur
  • Scots: poll, pow