Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pālu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

*pālu m

pole, stake

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pālu
Genitive	*pālō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pālu	pāliwi, pālō
Accusative	*pālu	*pālū
Genitive	*pālō	*pāliwō
Dative	pāliwi, pālō	*pālum
Instrumental	*pālu	*pālum

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *pāl
- Old English: pāl
  - Middle English: paal, pall, pol, poll, pole
    - English: pole
    - Scots: pale, pall
- Old Frisian: pāl
  - North Frisian: pul
  - West Frisian: peal, poal
- Old Saxon: pāl
  - Middle Low German: pâl
    - German Low German: Pahl
- Old Dutch: pāl
  - Middle Dutch: pale, pael
    - Dutch: paal
- Old High German: pfāl, phāl
  - Middle High German: phāl, pfāl
    - German: Pfahl
  - Luxembourgish: Poul
  - Vilamovian: föł
Proto-West Germanic: *pāli
- Old English: pǣl (shows i-mutation but inflected as an a-stem)
- Old Frisian: pēl (shows i-mutation but inflected as an a-stem)
  - North Frisian: pil
  - Saterland Frisian: Peel
- Old Saxon: pāl (inflected as an i-stem)
- Old High German: pfāl, phāl (inflected as an i-stem)