Where does “ful” come from?

ful (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European pū- — rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

ful (Norwegian Nynorsk): clever, sly

Definitions

  1. clever, sly

Ancestry of “ful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefúllfoul
2Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fūlaz →Every word from Old Norse fúll →