From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz, equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne, Dutch wollen, German wollen, Danish uldne, Norwegian ulne.
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