Where does “fëllen” come from?

fëllen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German vüllen, from Old High German fullen, 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.

fëllen (Luxembourgish): to fill

Definitions

  1. to fill

Ancestry of “fëllen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvüllen—
2Old High Germanfullento fill
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 “fëllen”

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