wool

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
2. A cloth or yarn made from such hair.
3. Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool.
4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
5. (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
6. Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.
7. A woolly back; a resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.
8. (slang) A marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/wʊl/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull; also Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian во́лос (vólos), Slovak vlna, Bulgarian влас (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”). Doublet of lana.
The vowel development u → o → oo is purely graphical. Modern English generally avoids the string ‹wu› in favour of ‹wo›, and the resulting woll was then altered to wool (as supposedly better representing the pronunciation).

Προτάσεις

He paid for the wool and asked the shepherd to come back the following year .

Πληρώθηκε για το μαλλί και ζήτησε από τον ποιμένα να επιστρέψει το επόμενο έτος.

During the medieval period it became a centre for the wool trade .

Κατά τη διάρκεια της μεσαιωνικής περιόδου έγινε κέντρο για το εμπόριο μαλλιού.