Where does “Vollmond” come from?

Vollmond (German) comes from German voll, from Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Vollmond (German): full moon

Definitions

  1. full moon

Ancestry of “Vollmond”, step by step

Vollmond traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German voll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvollfull; filled; full; drunk
2Middle High Germanvol—
3Old High Germanfollfull
4Proto-West Germanicfullfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Mond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMondA moon, a natural satellite that is orbiting its...
2Middle High Germanmāne—
3Old High Germanmānomoon
4Proto-West Germanicmānōmoon
5Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “Vollmond”

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