Where does “fou” come from?

fou (Scots) comes from Middle English fúl, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fou (Scots): full; well-fed, full of food or drink, sated,...

Definitions

  1. full; well-fed, full of food or drink, sated,...

Ancestry of “fou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfúlvery; much; to a great extent
2Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
3Proto-West Germanicfullfull
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fou”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →