Where does “pou” come from?

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

pou (Scots): a pool, a watery or marshy place

Definitions

  1. a pool, a watery or marshy place

Ancestry of “pou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoolA small and rather deep collection of fresh...
2Middle EnglishpolA pool or pond; a small body of still water especially natural}
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house
Every word from Yoruba ilé →