Where does “fulgan” come from?

fulgan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fulgan (Old Saxon): to follow

Definitions

  1. to follow

Ancestry of “fulgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
2Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →