Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wullō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwul.lɔː/

Noun

*wullō f

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

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
  - Luxembourgish: Woll
  - Vilamovian: wuuł
  - Yiddish: וואָל‎ (vol)
Old Norse: ull
- Icelandic: ull
- Faroese: ull
- Norwegian: ull
- Old Swedish: ul, ull
  - Swedish: ull
- Danish: uld
Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla)
→ Samic: *ullō (see there for further descendants)

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