Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pālu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

*pālu m

1. pole, stake

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pālu
Genitive	*pālō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pālu	*pāliwi, *pālō
Accusative	*pālu	*pālū
Genitive	*pālō	*pāliwō
Dative	*pāliwi, *pālō	*pālum
Instrumental	*pālu	*pālum

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *pāl
  • Old English: pāl
    • Middle English: pole, pol, poll, pall, paal
      • English: pole
      • Scots: pale, pall
      • Yola: pulmere
  • Old Frisian: pāl
    • North Frisian: pul
    • West Frisian: peal, poal
  • Old Saxon: pāl
    • Middle Low German: pâl
      • German Low German: Pahl
  • Old Dutch: pāl
    • Middle Dutch: pale, pael
      • Dutch: paal
  • Old High German: pfāl, phāl
    • Middle High German: phāl, pfāl
      • German: Pfahl
    • Luxembourgish: Poul
    • Vilamovian: föł
• Proto-West Germanic: *pāli
  • Old English: pǣl (shows i-mutation but inflected as an a-stem)
  • Old Frisian: pēl (shows i-mutation but inflected as an a-stem)
    • North Frisian: pil
    • Saterland Frisian: Peel
  • Old Saxon: pāl (inflected as an i-stem)
  • Old High German: pfāl, phāl (inflected as an i-stem)