Where does “bilhamer” come from?

bilhamer (Dutch) comes from Dutch hamer, from Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱmoros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱmō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

bilhamer (Dutch): A small pick for dressing millstones

Definitions

  1. A small pick for dressing millstones

Ancestry of “bilhamer”, step by step

bilhamer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hamer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhamerA hammer
2Middle DutchhāmerA hammer
3Old Dutchhamar—
4Proto-West Germanic*hamar—
5Proto-Germanichamarazhammer
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱmoros—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éḱmōstone
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

via Dutch billen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbillento sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone; to...
2DutchbilA buttock, "usually used in the plural: billen,...
3Proto-Germanicbíþla-axe
4Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →