Where does “fajli” come from?
fajli (Esperanto) comes from Yiddish פֿײַלן, from Yiddish פֿײַל, from Old High German pfīl, from Proto-Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
fajli (Esperanto): to file
Definitions
- to file
Ancestry of “fajli”, step by step
fajli traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿײַלן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿײַלן | to file; plural of פֿײַל |
| 2 | Yiddish | פֿײַל | arrow; file |
| 3 | Old High German | pfīl | arrow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *pīl | — |
| 5 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via English filé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filé | A spicy herb made from the dried and ground... |
| 2 | French | filé | past participle of filer; simple or twisted... |
| 3 | French | filer | to spin; to thread through; to spin a thread |
| 4 | Latin | fīlāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | fīlum | thread, string, filament, fiber |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fī(s)lom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- | — |
via German feilen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | feilen | to file |