Where does “ful” come from?

ful (Turkish) comes from English full, 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.

ful (Turkish): sweet mock orange, any flowering plant of the species Philadelphus coronarius, native to Caucasus

Definitions

  1. sweet mock orange, any flowering plant of the species Philadelphus coronarius, native to Caucasus

Ancestry of “ful”, step by step

ful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English full

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfullContaining the maximum possible amount that can...
2Middle Englishfúlvery; much; to a great extent
3Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
4Proto-West Germanicfullfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Ottoman Turkish فول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفولnest egg, an egg or egg-shaped object placed at a spot for a hen to lay her eggs there
2Greekφώλι
3Ancient Greekφωλεόςden, lair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Germanic fullaz