fill

fill · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pl̥h₁nós“full”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fullijaną“to make full, fill”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*fullijan
4. Old English · inherited fromfyllan“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”
5. Middle English · inherited fromfillen
6. English todayfill

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)

fill · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fullį̄“fullness”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*fullī
3. Old English · inherited fromfyllu
4. Middle English · inherited fromfille
5. English todayfill

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

fill · noun³

See thill.

Fill · proper noun⁴

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.

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