Where does “filanders” come from?

filanders (English) comes from French filandres, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

filanders (English): A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence...

Definitions

  1. A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence...

Ancestry of “filanders”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfilandres—
2Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
3Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →