*fullą

Reconstruction

The word is *fullą in Wiktionary,^[1] *fulla- 2 in Kroonen, kept apart from the adjective *fulla- 1 "full",^[2] *fullam in Köbler, with a question mark,^[3] and *fullan in Orel.^[4]

Etymology

It is from Proto-Indo-European *pel(w)- (“a kind of vessel”), through *pl̥-nó-;^[1] Kroonen writes *pl-nó- and calls it an Indo-European word for a certain vessel.^[2]

Morphology

A neuter a-stem.^[2][4][3]

Evidence

The word is North and West Germanic: Old Norse full and Old English full,^[2][4] and Old Saxon full in the Heliand.^[5] Köbler adds, with a question mark, Lombardic fol (“cup, vessel”).^[3] Kroonen lists no Gothic form.^[2] Kroonen's cognates are Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “milk pail; drinking bowl, goblet”), Ancient Greek πελλίς (pellís, “basin”) and Old Church Slavonic поль (polĭ, “scoop”).^[2]

Competing analyses

Kroonen holds that the word is unrelated to the adjective *fullaz;^[2] Orel derives it from that adjective, while citing Holthausen's comparison with Latin pelvis (“basin”) and the Greek word.^[4] De Vries rejects the explanation as "filled cup", which Torp had offered with doubt, and follows Holthausen.^[6]

Meanings

1. cup, beaker^[2][3][1]

Old Norse used it for "goblet",^[4] Old English glossed Latin "amphora" with it,^[7] and Old Saxon also used it for "jug".^[5]

Reflexes

• Old Norse: full (“cup, beaker”)^[6]
• Old English: full (“cup”)^[8]
• Old Saxon: full (“cup, jug”)^[5]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. *fullą
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11, Leiden / Boston: Brill, p. 159
3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Germanisches Wörterbuch, 5th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. *fulla-
4. ^ a b c d e Orel, Vladimir (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden / Boston: Brill, p. 118
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, 5th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. full
6. ^ a b de Vries, Jan (1977), Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed., Leiden: Brill, p. s.v. full
7. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altenglisches Wörterbuch, 4th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. full
8. ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (1934), Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, p. s.v. full