Where does “pooli” come from?

pooli (Finnish) comes from English Pool, from Middle English pool, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

pooli (Finnish): pole; pool

Definitions

  1. pole; pool

Ancestry of “pooli”, step by step

pooli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPoolOS grid ref SW6641
2Middle Englishpool—
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house

via Latin polus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpoluspole
2Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “pooli”

Every word from Yoruba ilé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pōlaz →