Where does “ool” come from?

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

ool (Unami): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “ool”, step by step

ool traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPoolOS grid ref SW6641
2Middle Englishpool—
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house

via Old Frisian ald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianaldold
2Proto-West Germanicaldold
3Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via Proto-West Germanic auwju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
2Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
3Proto-Germanicagwjō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “ool”

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