Where does “Baawoll” come from?
Baawoll (Pennsylvania German) comes from Pennsylvania German Woll, from Middle High German wolle, from Old High German wolla, from Proto-West Germanic wullu, from Proto-Germanic wullō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Baawoll (Pennsylvania German): cotton
Definitions
- cotton
Ancestry of “Baawoll”, step by step
Baawoll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pennsylvania German Woll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania German | Woll | wool |
| 2 | Middle High German | wolle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wolla | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wullu | wool |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wullō | wool |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | wool |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Pennsylvania German Baam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania German | Baam | tree |
| 2 | Middle High German | boum | tree |
| 3 | Old High German | boum | tree, beam |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |