Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pāl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *pāli

Etymology

From earlier *pālu, from Latin pālus.

Noun

*pāl m

1. pole, stake

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pāl
Genitive	*pālas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pāl	*pālō, *pālōs
Accusative	*pāl	*pālā
Genitive	*pālas	*pālō
Dative	*pālē	*pālum
Instrumental	*pālu	*pālum

Descendants

• Old English: pāl
  • Middle English: pole, pol, poll, pall, paal
    • English: pole
    • Scots: pale, pall
    • Yola: pulmere
• Old Frisian: pāl
  • North Frisian: pul
  • West Frisian: peal, poal
• Old Saxon: pāl
  • Middle Low German: pâl
    • German Low German: Pahl
• Old Dutch: pāl
  • Middle Dutch: pale, pael
    • Dutch: paal
• Old High German: pfāl, phāl
  • Middle High German: phāl, pfāl
    • German: Pfahl
  • Luxembourgish: Poul
  • Vilamovian: föł