An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/füllen

by Friedrich Kluge

füllen, vb., ‘to fill,’ from MidHG. vüllen, OHG. fullen, ‘to make full’; a derivative of voll. Comp. Goth. fulljan, OIc. fylla, AS. fyllan, E. to fill, Du. vullen, OSax. fullian, ‘to fill’; also voll. —