Where does “full” come from?
full (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish fuld, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
full (Norwegian Bokmål): full; drunk
Ancestry of “full”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | fuld | full; complete; drunk |
| 2 | Old Norse | fullr | full |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “full”