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Where does “pila” come from?

pila (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic pila, from Old High German fil — file.

pila (Czech): saw; inflection of pít: ## feminine singular past...

Definitions

  1. saw; inflection of pít: ## feminine singular past...

Ancestry of “pila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpila—
2Old High Germanfilfile

Words derived from “pila”

  • pilka
Every word from Old High German fil →