*pōlaz

Runic: ᛈᛟᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː.lɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

pool

Etymology

(SS: see article polaz-Acta_Linguistica_Lithuanica.pdf in pgmc folder re bola-) From presumed pre-Germanic *bōlos, from virtual Proto-Indo-European *bel-, *bal- (‘bog, marsh’), which may be a European substrate term borrowed into multiple Indo-European branches. Potential cognates include Proto-Slavic *bolto (‘swamp’), Modern Greek βάλτος (váltos, ‘swamp, bog’), Romanian baltă (‘swamp, puddle’), Albanian baltë (‘mud, swamp’), as well as Proto-Slavic *bala, *balъka (‘pool; ravine’), Lithuanian balà (‘bog; marsh; swamp; pool’), Latvian bala (‘a muddy, treeless depression’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.pōlazpōlōz, pōlōs
Acc.pōląpōlanz
Gen.pōlas, pōlispōlǫ̂
Dat.pōlaipōlamaz
Inst.pōlōpōlamiz
Voc.pōlpōlōz, pōlōs

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Descendants

  • *pōl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • puol (Old Dutch)
      • poel (Middle Dutch)
        • poel (Dutch)
          • poel (Afrikaans)
  • *pōl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • pōl (Old English)
      • pol, pole, pool (Middle English)
        • pool (English)
        • pule, puil, peel (Scots)
  • *pōl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • pōl (Old Frisian)
      • Pol, Poul (Saterland Frisian)
      • poel (West Frisian)
  • *pōl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • pfuol, phuol (Old High German)
      • phuol (Middle High German)
        • Pfuhl (German)
        • Puhl (Hunsrik)
        • Pull (Luxembourgish)
  • *pōl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *pōl (Old Saxon)
      • pôl, pûl (Middle Low German)
        • pøl (Danish)
        • Pool, Pohl, Puhl (German Low German)
        • pøl (Norwegian)
        • pöl (Swedish)
  • *pœla (Old Norse)
    • pøla (Norwegian)
  • *pōlijǭ (Old Norse)
    • pøla (Norwegian)

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