Where does “Pohl” come from?

Pohl (German) comes from German Pfahl, from Old High German pfāl, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

Pohl (German): a post or pole, particularly a traffic bollard

Definitions

  1. a post or pole, particularly a traffic bollard

Ancestry of “Pohl”, step by step

Pohl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pfahl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPfahlstake, picket, pale; pale
2Old High Germanpfālstake
3Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
4Proto-Italicpākslos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

via Proto-Finnic poola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpoolacowberry, lingonberry
2Proto-Uralicpolaberry

Words derived from “Pohl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos →Every word from Proto-Italic pākslos →