Where does “fullur” come from?

fullur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fullur (Icelandic): full; drunk; -ful

Definitions

  1. full; drunk; -ful

Ancestry of “fullur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefullrfull
2Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fullur”

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