Where does “-ful” come from?

-ful (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

-ful (Old English): full of; -ful

Definitions

  1. full of; -ful

Ancestry of “-ful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
2Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “-ful”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →