Where does “pool” come from?

pool (Estonian) comes from Old Frisian spōle, from Old Dutch spōla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

pool (Estonian): half; side; at, to, towards

Definitions

  1. half; side; at, to, towards

Ancestry of “pool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianspōle—
2Old Dutchspōla—
3Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “pool”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ →Every word from Old Dutch spōla →