Where does “foulere” come from?

foulere (Middle English) comes from Old English fuglere, from Old English fuġol, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

foulere (Middle English): A catcher or hunter of wildfowl; a fowler

Definitions

  1. A catcher or hunter of wildfowl; a fowler

Ancestry of “foulere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfuglerefowler
2Old Englishfuġolbird
3Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
4Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
5Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “foulere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →