Etymology Explorer › Dutch

Where does “vulling” come from?

vulling (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.

vulling (Dutch): filling; placeholder

Definitions

  1. filling; placeholder

Ancestry of “vulling”, step by step

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