Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/poll

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

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *pullaz, possibly nominalized from Proto-Indo-European *bl̥-nó-s (“swollen”), from *bel- (“to swell, become strong”) +‎ *-nós.

Noun

*poll m

1. swollen end, top end

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*poll
Genitive	*pollas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*poll	*pollō, *pollōs
Accusative	*poll	*pollā
Genitive	*pollas	*pollō
Dative	*pollē	*pollum
Instrumental	*pollu	*pollum

Descendants

• Old English: *poll
  • Middle English: polle, poll (or borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
    • Scots: poll, pow
    • English: poll
      • ⇒ English: pollhead
    • → Anglo-Norman: poll
    • ⇒ Middle English: tadpolle, taddepol
      • English: tadpole
• Old Frisian: *poll
  • Saterland Frisian: Polle (“wooden block serving as a fulcrum”)
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: poll, pol (adj)
• Old Saxon: *poll
  • Middle Low German: pol, polle
    • German Low German: Polle
• Old Dutch: *poll, polla
  • Middle Dutch: pol, polle
    • Dutch: pol