Woollen
/ˈwʊlən/noun
Made of wool or a woolen fabric.
Did you know?The word is simply the adjective form of *wool*, but the textile was so central to medieval trade that wool-related words became some of the most economically powerful terms in English history.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
“wool”
Old English
OE
wull
“wool”
Old English
OE
wullen
“made of wool; woolly”
Middle English
ME
wollen / wullen
“made of wool”
Modern English
English
woollen
“made of wool or woolen fabric”