Proto-Germanic: *pūliō(n), *pull=, *puls=
Meaning: head, top; round(ish)
Swedish: pölsa, pülsa `worst, gehakt vlees'
Danish: pölse `worst'
English: pulse
East Frisian: pol `rund, voll, strotzend'
Middle Dutch: pōle, puele, peule `huls, schil, bolster, dop'; puyl `Sack', puyle `Geschwulst'
Dutch: peul f. ; puilen `schwellen, hervorstehen'
Middle Low German: poll `Kopf, Spitze, Wipfel', pull, poll `(aufgetriebene) Hülse, Schote', pōle `huls, bolster', pūle `id.'
