Where does “vol” come from?

vol (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fol, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

vol (Middle Dutch): full; whole, complete

Definitions

  1. full; whole, complete

Ancestry of “vol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfolfull
2Proto-West Germanicfullfull
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “vol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →