*wullō

Runic: ᚹᚢᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwul.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

wool

Etymology

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

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wullōwullôz
Acc.wullǭwullōz
Gen.wullōzwullǫ̂
Dat.wullōiwullōmaz
Inst.wullōwullōmiz
Voc.wullōwullôz

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Descendants

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

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