Old English edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (I pluck out, I pull).[1]

Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (to shell, husk, pluck), Middle Dutch pōlen (to shell, husk), Icelandic púla (to work hard).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpul.li.ɑn/, [ˈpuɫ.ɫi.ɑn]

Verb edit

pullian

  1. to pull
  2. to pluck

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: pullen

References edit

  1. ^ Garnett, Richard: Philological Essays (etc.) Ed. by His Son, p. 247