Where does “fillen” come from?

fillen (Middle English) comes from Old English fyllan, 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.

fillen (Middle English): to fill

Definitions

  1. to fill

Ancestry of “fillen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfyllanto fill; Alternative form of fiellan
2Proto-West Germanic*fullijanto fill
3Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fillen”

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