Where does “fajlilo” come from?

fajlilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fajli, 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- — to grind, to crush.

fajlilo (Esperanto): file

Definitions

  1. file

Ancestry of “fajlilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofajlito file
2Yiddishפֿײַלןto file; plural of פֿײַל
3Yiddishפֿײַלarrow; file
4Old High Germanpfīlarrow
5Proto-Germanic*pīl
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-
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