Where does “bealuful” come from?

bealuful (Old English) comes from Old English fūl, from Proto-West Germanic fūl, from Proto-Germanic fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European pū- — rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

bealuful (Old English): baleful

Definitions

  1. baleful

Ancestry of “bealuful”, step by step

bealuful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fūl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfūlfoul, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten,...
2Proto-West Germanicfūlfoul, dirty
3Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

via Old English bealu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbealuharm, evil
2Proto-Germanic*balu—
3Proto-Germanicbalwąevil, misfortune
4Proto-Germanicbalwazsick; bad, evil, wicked; torturous, painful,...

Words derived from “bealuful”

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