Where does “vakkenvuller” come from?

vakkenvuller (Dutch) comes from Dutch vullen, from Middle Dutch vullen, from Old Dutch fullen, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

vakkenvuller (Dutch): a shelf stacker

Definitions

  1. a shelf stacker

Ancestry of “vakkenvuller”, step by step

vakkenvuller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vullen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvullento fill
2Middle Dutchvullento fill, to make full; to fulfill; to bring into...
3Old Dutchfullen
4Proto-West Germanic*fullijanto fill
5Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
6Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Dutch vak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakA compartment; A subject, discipline, class,...
2Middle Dutchvac
3Old Dutchfakcompartment
4Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-