Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pullaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpul.lɑz/

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bl̥nos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Lithuanian balà (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp; bog; marsh”).

Noun

*pullaz m

pool, puddle
Synonym: *pōlaz
ditch, creek

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pullaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pullaz	pullōz, pullōs
vocative	*pull	pullōz, pullōs
accusative	*pullą	*pullanz
genitive	pullas, pullis	*pullǫ̂
dative	*pullai	*pullamaz
instrumental	*pullō	*pullamiz

Derived terms

*pullijaz

Related terms

*pōlaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *pull
- Old English: pull; (pyll < *pullijaz)
  - Middle English: pul, pyll, pill
    - English: pill
- Old Saxon: *pull, *poll
  - Middle Low German: poll
Old Norse: pollr
- Icelandic: pollur
- Faroese: pollur
- → Scots: poll, pow

Probably via either Old English or Old Norse are:

→ Proto-Brythonic: *pull
- Old Breton: Pul-Bili (place name)
  - Middle Breton: pul, poul, poull
    - Breton: poull
- Old Cornish: pol
  - Middle Cornish: pol
    - Cornish: poll
- Middle Welsh: pwll
  - Welsh: pwll
→ Middle Irish: poll
- Irish: poll
- Manx: poyll
- Scottish Gaelic: poll

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