eldertongue

Old English · noun

pæl

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/pæːl/
Syllables
pæːl (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. javelin

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos Proto-Italic *pākslos Latin pālusbor. Proto-West Germanic *pālu Proto-West Germanic *pāli Old English pæl From Proto-West Germanic *pāli, a later variant of *pālu (whence also Old English pāl), from Latin pālus.

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