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Where does “fúll” come from?

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

fúll (Old Norse): foul

Definitions

  1. foul

Ancestry of “fúll”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fúll”

  • fulmar
  • ful
  • Fulmarus
  • ful
  • fúll
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