Where does “folō” come from?

folō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic fulô, from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-", from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- — animal young.

folō (Proto-West Germanic): foal

Definitions

  1. foal

Ancestry of “folō”, step by step

folō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fulô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulôfoal
2Proto-Indo-European"pl̥Hon-"—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpōlH-animal young

via Germanic *fulô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*fulô—
2Proto-Germanicpl̥Hon-—

Words derived from “folō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-" →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulô →