Type Word & Element Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "much" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesfilo(Frankish) filu(Old High German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 136. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 98.