Where does “fȳlþu” come from?

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

fȳlþu (Old English): filth

Definitions

  1. filth

Ancestry of “fȳlþu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfūliþufoulness, rottenness, filth
2Proto-West Germanicfūlfoul, dirty
3Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

Words derived from “fȳlþu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fūlaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fūl →