Where does “Woll” come from?

Woll (Pennsylvania German) comes 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.

Woll (Pennsylvania German): wool

Definitions

  1. wool

Ancestry of “Woll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwolle—
2Old High Germanwolla—
3Proto-West Germanicwulluwool
4Proto-Germanicwullōwool
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “Woll”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wullō →