In this episode we are teasing out the origins of the word wool. The Proto-Celtic word for wool is wlanā. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool), from *h₂welh₁- (hair, wool) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: olann [ˈɔlˠən̪ˠ] = wool, woolly hair, mop of hair; woollen in Irish olann [ˈɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ] = wool (usually […]