Etymology

woolen

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Today it means: Made of wool. Full definition →

Middle English wollen ← Old English wyllen ← Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wullīnaz“woollen”
  2. Old English · inherited fromwyllen
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwollen
  4. English todaywoolen

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

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