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Where does “vullen” come from?

vullen (Dutch) comes 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.

vullen (Dutch): to fill

Definitions

  1. to fill

Ancestry of “vullen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vullen”

  • vulling
  • aanvullen
  • invullen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →