Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wullō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁néh₂, a suffix-accented form of *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwul.lɔː/

Noun

*wullō f

1. wool

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wullō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wullō	*wullôz
vocative	*wullō	*wullôz
accusative	*wullǭ	*wullōz
genitive	*wullōz	*wullǫ̂
dative	*wullōi	*wullōmaz
instrumental	*wullō	*wullōmiz

Derived terms

• *wullīnaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wullu
  • Old English: wull
    • Middle English: wulle, woule, wolle
      • Scots: woll, wol, wow, wo, oull, owll, owl, oo
      • English: wool
  • Old Frisian: wulle, wolle, ulle, ul
    • Saterland Frisian: Wulle
    • West Frisian: wolle, wol
  • Old Saxon: wulla
    • Middle Low German: wulle
      • German Low German: Wulle, Wull
      • Low German: Wulle
  • Old Dutch: *wulla, *wolla
    • Middle Dutch: wolle
      • Dutch: wol
        • Afrikaans: wol
        • → Indonesian: wol
  • Old High German: wolla
    • Middle High German: wolle
      • Cimbrian: bòlla
      • German: Wolle
      • Hunsrik: Woll
      • Luxembourgish: Woll
      • Pennsylvania German: Woll
      • Vilamovian: wuuł
      • Yiddish: וואָל (vol)
• Old Norse: ull
  • Icelandic: ull
  • Faroese: ull
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ull
  • Old Swedish: ul, ull
    • Swedish: ull
  • Danish: uld
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla)
• → Proto-Samic: *ullō (see there for further descendants)