Etymograph

English

lakefill

From lake + fill.

A compound of lake + fill

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

Today it means

noun Land reclaimed from a lake by filling it.

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

Etymograph / lakefill