English
Fulbeck
Fulbeck comes from Middle English Fulebek.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Fulebek
- EnglishtodayFulbeck
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Fulebek
- EnglishtodayFulbeck
A compound of fūl ‘dirty’ + bekkr ‘stream’
Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘to be rotten’
Proto-Indo-European *púH-lo-s
Proto-Germanic *fūlaz ‘foul, dirty’
Proto-West Germanic *fūl ‘foul, dirty’
Old English fūl ‘dirty’
The story
An isolated form Fulebroc attested in 1194 suggests that bekkr may have replaced an original Old English brōc (‘brook’) in the second element.
Every English word from Middle English Fulebek
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9450).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Fulebek / Fulbeck