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Where does “bealuful” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bealuful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-fulfull of; -ful
2Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “bealuful”

  • baleful
  • balefully
  • balefulness
  • balful
  • balfulli
  • baluful
  • baleful
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