From an earlier*pëdyll, borrowed fromLate Latinpadūlem(“swamp”), from a metathesis ofLatinpalūdem. CompareRomanianpădure, which shows the same change in meaning. Compare alsoItalianpadule, which keeps the Latin sense.[1]
pyll m (pluralpyje, definitepylli, definite pluralpyjet)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pyll | pylli | pyje | pyjet |
accusative | pyllin | |||
dative | pylli | pyllit | pyjeve | pyjeve |
ablative | pyjesh |
FromProto-Germanic*pullijaz(“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of*pullaz(“pool, stream”),
pyll m
Stronga-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pyll | pyllas |
accusative | pyll | pyllas |
genitive | pylles | pylla |
dative | pylle | pyllum |