Where does “pilíř” come from?
pilíř (Czech) comes from French pilier, from Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
pilíř (Czech): pillar; prop
Ancestry of “pilíř”, step by step