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Where does “filu” come from?

filu (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

filu (Old High German): many; much

Definitions

  1. many; much

Ancestry of “filu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*felu—
2Proto-Germanicfelumuch, a lot; a lot of; very
3Proto-Germanicfeluzmany; cruel, evil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “filu”

  • Vielfarbigkeit
  • vielerlei
  • vielfach
  • vieles
  • vielversprechend
  • vielfarbig
  • viel
  • vielzellig
  • Vielfältigkeit
  • vielfältig
  • vielgestaltig
  • Vielfalt
  • Vielseitigkeit
  • Vielzahl
  • vielseitig
  • vil
  • פֿיל
  • vill
  • zevill
  • vil
  • vill
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