Where does “fulwihtfæder” come from?

fulwihtfæder (Old English) comes from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic fader, from Proto-Germanic fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

fulwihtfæder (Old English): baptizer one who baptizes; used to refer to John the Baptist

Definitions

  1. baptizer one who baptizes; used to refer to John the Baptist

Ancestry of “fulwihtfæder”, step by step

fulwihtfæder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fæder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæderfather
2Proto-West Germanicfaderfather
3Proto-Germanicfadērfather
4Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Old English fulwiht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfulwihtbaptism
2Old Englishfulliġanto baptize
3Old Englishful-Alternative form of full-
4Proto-Germanicfulla-full-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic fadēr →