Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/felu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronoun

*felu

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

Adverb

*felu

1. much, a lot
2. very

Related terms

• *fulu

Descendants

• Old English: fela, feola, fiolu, feolu, feolo, fala; feola — Mercian
  • Middle English: fele, fale, feel, fel, feole, vele; feala, fela, felæ, feola, veole (Early Middle English)
    • 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 (Sette Comuni)

      Viennese: vü

    • German: viel
    • Luxembourgish: vill
    • Yiddish: פֿיל (fil)