Where does “געפֿילט” come from?
געפֿילט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿילן, from Middle High German vüllen, from Old High German fullen, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
געפֿילט (Yiddish): past participle of פֿילן; stuffed
Definitions
- past participle of פֿילן; stuffed
Ancestry of “געפֿילט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | פֿילן | to fill, to stuff; to feel |
| 2 | Middle High German | vüllen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fullen | to fill |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “געפֿילט”