Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pōlaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Lithuanian balà (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddy, treeless depression”), Proto-Slavic *bala, *balъka (“pool; ravine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː.lɑz/

Noun

*pōlaz m

pool
Synonym: *pullaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pōlaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pōlaz	pōlōz, pōlōs
vocative	*pōl	pōlōz, pōlōs
accusative	*pōlą	*pōlanz
genitive	pōlas, pōlis	*pōlǫ̂
dative	*pōlai	*pōlamaz
instrumental	*pōlō	*pōlamiz

Derived terms

*pōlijǭ

Related terms

*paliz
*pullaz

Descendants

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

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