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Where does “fulwen” come from?

fulwen (Middle English) comes from Old English fullian, from Old English full-, 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.

fulwen (Middle English): to baptise

Definitions

  1. to baptise

Ancestry of “fulwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfullian—
2Old Englishfull-full, fully, completely, entirely; very
3Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
4Proto-West Germanicfullfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fulwen”

  • fulling
  • fulling
  • fullynge
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