pillow English · revision 13542

− It is [[inh|ang|pyle]], pylu, cushion, pillow (before 899, in Alfred's Orosius),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) which comes [[der|gmw-pro|*pulwī]], an early borrowing of Latin [[m|la|pulvīnus|t=cushion, pillow]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) which is of uncertain origin.^(Barnhart 1988) It is cognate with Old Saxon puli, Dutch peluw, bolster, and German Pfühl.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Barnhart notes that in some cases the Middle English word was also borrowed directly from Latin.^(Barnhart 1988)