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Where does “piel” come from?

piel (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German pīl, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

piel (Central Franconian): straight up; steeply

Definitions

  1. straight up; steeply

Ancestry of “piel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpīl—
2Latinpīlum—
3Proto-Italicpistlom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →