Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/poll

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *pullaz, possibly nominalized from Proto-Indo-European *bl̥-nó-s (“swollen”), from *bel- (“to swell, become strong”) +‎ *-nós.

Noun

*poll m

swollen end, top end

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*poll
Genitive	*pollas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*poll	pollō, pollōs
Accusative	*poll	*pollā
Genitive	*pollas	*pollō
Dative	*pollē	*pollum
Instrumental	*pollu	*pollum

Descendants

Old English: *poll
- Middle English: polle, poll (or borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
  - Scots: poll, pow
  - English: poll
    - ⇒ English: pollhead
  - → Anglo-Norman: poll
  - ⇒ Middle English: tadpolle, taddepol
    - English: tadpole
Old Frisian: *poll
- Saterland Frisian: Polle (“wooden block serving as a fulcrum”)
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: poll, pol (adj)
Old Saxon: *poll
- Middle Low German: pol, polle
  - German Low German: Polle
Old Dutch: *poll, polla
- Middle Dutch: pol, polle
  - Dutch: pol