Where does “påle” come from?
påle (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse páll, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
påle (Norwegian Nynorsk): pile; stake, pole, post
Ancestry of “påle”, step by step