Where does “fyllo” come from?

fyllo (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fullį̄, from Proto-Indo-European plūno-, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fyllo (Old English): fullness, fill, plenty

Definitions

  1. fullness, fill, plenty

Ancestry of “fyllo”, step by step

fyllo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fullį̄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfullį̄fullness
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplūno-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Proto-Germanic fulnō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulnōfullness, filling, overflow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplno-full

Words derived from “fyllo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plūno-Every word from Proto-Germanic fullį̄