Where does “Angorawolle” come from?

Angorawolle (German) comes from German Wolle, from Middle High German wolle, from Old High German wolla, from Proto-West Germanic wullu, from Proto-Germanic wullō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Angorawolle (German): wool of a certain kind of goats (Capra hircus angorensis); somtimes extented to wool of certain kinds of sheep or rabbits

Definitions

  1. wool of a certain kind of goats (Capra hircus angorensis); somtimes extented to wool of certain kinds of sheep or rabbits

Ancestry of “Angorawolle”, step by step

Angorawolle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wolle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWollewool
2Middle High Germanwolle—
3Old High Germanwolla—
4Proto-West Germanicwulluwool
5Proto-Germanicwullōwool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via German Angora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAngora—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wullō →
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