Where does “vole” come from?

vole (Middle High German) comes from Old High German folo, from Proto-West Germanic folō, from Proto-Germanic fulô, from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-", from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- — animal young.

Ancestry of “vole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanfoloA foal
2Proto-West Germanicfolōfoal
3Proto-Germanicfulôfoal
4Proto-Indo-European"pl̥Hon-"—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpōlH-animal young

Words derived from “vole”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-" →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulô →