Where does “pōl” come from?

pōl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

pōl (Old English): pool

Definitions

  1. pool

Ancestry of “pōl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
2Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
4Yorubailéhome; house

Words derived from “pōl”

Every word from Yoruba ilé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pōlaz →