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Where does “wulla” come from?

wulla (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic wullu, from Proto-Germanic wullō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “wulla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwulluwool
2Proto-Germanicwullōwool
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “wulla”

  • wollen
  • wolschaap
  • wol
  • wollig
  • wolharig
  • wolle
  • wol
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