Where does “Fill” come from?

Fill (English) comes from Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, 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.

Fill (English): To make full

Definitions

  1. To make full

Ancestry of “Fill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfillento fill
2Old Englishfyllanto fill; Alternative form of fiellan
3Proto-West Germanic*fullijanto fill
4Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “Fill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →