Where does “ovenful” come from?

ovenful (English) comes from English oven, from Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ovenful (English): As much as an oven will hold

Definitions

  1. As much as an oven will hold

Ancestry of “ovenful”, step by step

ovenful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovenA chamber used for baking or heating
2Middle EnglishovenAn oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying
3Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
4Proto-West Germanicofnoven
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw-