Where does “volgen” come from?
volgen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German folgēn, 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.
Ancestry of “volgen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | folgēn | to follow |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | folgēn | to follow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fulgāną | to follow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “volgen”