Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felu

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Originally the neuter singular form of older *feluz (“many”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us, derived from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with Latin plūs, Ancient Greek πολύς (polús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.lu/

Pronoun

*felu

1. much, a lot
2. (+noun in genitive) a lot of

Derived terms

• *felauz

Adverb

*felu

1. much, a lot
2. very

Related terms

• *felufaihaz
• *flaistaz
• *flaizô
• *fulu

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *felu
  • Old English: fela, feola, fiolu, feolu, feolo, fala; feola
    • Middle English: fele, fale, feel, fel, feole, vele; feala, fela, felæ, feola, veole
      • English: fele (obsolete)
      • Middle Scots: fele (poetic)
  • Old Frisian: felo, fele, fel
    • East Frisian:

      Wangerooge Frisian: fêl, feyhl

      Wursten Frisian: vlia

    • West Frisian: fel
  • Old Saxon: filu, filo
    • Middle Low German: vele, vil
      • Low German: veel
  • Old Dutch: filo
    • Middle Dutch: vele
      • Dutch: veel
  • Old High German: filu, vilu, filo, fila, vili
    • Middle High German: vil, vile
      • Alemannic German: viel

        Swabian: viel

      • Bavarian: vui, vei, vii

        Cimbrian: vil, viil, biil

        Viennese: vü

      • German: viel
      • Luxembourgish: vill
      • Yiddish: פֿיל (fil)
• Old Norse: fjǫl-, fjǫlð (< ?)
  • Icelandic: fjöl-
  • Faroese: fjøl-
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu)