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Where does “fulthe” come from?

fulthe (Middle English) comes from Middle English fúl, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “fulthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfúl—
2Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
3Proto-West Germanicfullfull
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fulthe”

  • fouth
  • fulth
  • fouthy
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