Where does “wool” come from?

Wool comes from Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-Germanic wullō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

wool (English): The hair of the sheep, llama and some other...

Definitions

  1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other...

Ancestry of “wool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwollewool coat of sheep, especially when used to make fabric
2Old Englishwullwool
3Proto-West Germanicwulluwool
4Proto-Germanicwullōwool
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “wool”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wullō →