Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pullaz

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpul.lɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bulno-, *bōwl- (“round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Latin bulla (“bubble, buckle, knob”).

Noun

*pullaz m

round object
(anatomy) head
top, summit, peak

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pullaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pullaz	pullōz, pullōs
vocative	*pull	pullōz, pullōs
accusative	*pullą	*pullanz
genitive	pullas, pullis	*pullǫ̂
dative	*pullai	*pullamaz
instrumental	*pullō	*pullamiz

Descendants

Old English: *poll
- Middle English: polle, poll (also perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German); (> tadpolle, taddepol, etc.)
  - Scots: poll, pow
  - English: poll; tadpole; pollhead, etc.
  - Anglo-French: poll
Old Frisian: (*poll)
- Saterland Frisian: (pol)
Old Saxon: *poll
- Middle Low German: pol, polle
  - Low German: Polle
Old Dutch: *poll, (polla)
- Middle Dutch: pol, polle
  - Dutch: pol

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bale- (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Lithuanian bala (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian болото (boloto, “swamp; bog; marsh”).

Noun

*pullaz m

pool, puddle
ditch, creek

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pullaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pullaz	pullōz, pullōs
vocative	*pull	pullōz, pullōs
accusative	*pullą	*pullanz
genitive	pullas, pullis	*pullǫ̂
dative	*pullai	*pullamaz
instrumental	*pullō	*pullamiz

Derived terms

*pullijaz

Related terms

*pōlaz

Descendants

Old English: pull; (pyll < *pullijaz)
- Middle English: *pyll, *pill
  - English: pill
Old Norse: pollr
- Icelandic: pollur
- Faroese: pollur
- Scots: poll, pow