Where does “folwen” come from?

folwen (Middle English) comes from Old English folġian, 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.

folwen (Middle English): to follow

Definitions

  1. to follow

Ancestry of “folwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfolġianto follow
2Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
3Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “folwen”

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