Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wullu

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 Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Noun

*wullu f[1]

wool

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wullu	*wullō
Accusative	*wullā	*wullā
Genitive	*wullā	*wullō
Dative	*wullē	*wullōm
Instrumental	*wullu	*wullōm

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
  - Hunsrik: Woll
  - Luxembourgish: Woll
  - Pennsylvania German: Woll
  - Vilamovian: wuuł
  - Yiddish: וואָל‎ (vol)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32: “*wullu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32: “*wullu”