Where does “pâel” come from?
pâel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch pāl, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
Ancestry of “pâel”, step by step
Words derived from “pâel”