Where does “fūl” come from?

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

fūl (Old English): foul, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten,...

Definitions

  1. foul, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten,...

Ancestry of “fūl”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fūl”

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