Where does “pilë” come from?

pilë (Albanian) comes from Italian pila, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pilë (Albanian): pile

Definitions

  1. pile

Ancestry of “pilë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpilapile; battery; torch / flashlight
2Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-