Where does “folgēn” come from?

folgēn (German) comes from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folgēn (German): to follow on the same path or in a sequence

Definitions

  1. to follow on the same path or in a sequence

Ancestry of “folgēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvolgen—
2Old High Germanfolgēnto follow
3Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
4Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “folgēn”

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