Where does “fileerata” come from?
fileerata (Finnish) comes from Swedish filea, from Swedish filé, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios — to suckle, nurse.
fileerata (Finnish): to fillet
Definitions
- to fillet
Ancestry of “fileerata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | filea | to fillet |
| 2 | Swedish | filé | a fillet (boneless strip or compact piece of meat or fish), tenderloin (when of beef or pork) |
| 3 | French | filet | trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke) |
| 4 | Middle French | filet | — |
| 5 | Old French | filet | strip, thread, ligament or filament |
| 6 | Old French | fil | son; thread |
| 7 | Latin | fīlius | a son |
| 8 | Old Latin | fīlios | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁y-li-os | sucker |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |