Where does “knallfull” come from?
knallfull (Swedish) comes from Swedish full, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Ancestry of “knallfull”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | full | full; drunk, intoxicated |
| 2 | Old Norse | fullr | full |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |