Where does “wælfyllo” come from?

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

wælfyllo (Old English): fill of slaughter or carnage

Definitions

  1. fill of slaughter or carnage

Ancestry of “wælfyllo”, step by step

wælfyllo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fyllo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfyllofullness, fill, plenty
2Proto-Germanicfullį̄fullness
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplūno-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Old English wæl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwælslaughter, carnage; the slain, a slain person,...
2Proto-Germanicwalazwounded; lich, corpse, dead body; battlefield
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plūno- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullį̄ →