English

fill-dike

From fill + dike.

A compound of fill + dike

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

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Proto-Germanic *fullijaną ‘to make full’

Proto-West Germanic *fullijan ‘to fill’

Old English fyllan ‘to fill’

Middle English fillen ‘to fill up’

English fill

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to dig’

Old Norse díki ‘ditch’

Northern Middle English dik

English dike

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fill-dike