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Where does “pil” come from?

pil (Danish) comes from Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pil (Danish): arrow; willow; imperative of pile

Definitions

  1. arrow; willow; imperative of pile

Ancestry of “pil”, step by step

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