Where does “pulls” come from?

Pulls comes from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian, of unknown origin.

pulls (English): plural of pull; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of pull; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “pulls”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpullTo apply a force to so that it comes toward the...
2Middle Englishpullento pull
3Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
4Old Irish-ide—
5Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Old Irish -de →Every word from Irish -aí →Every word from Old Irish -ide →
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