Where does “fileerausveitsi” come from?

fileerausveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish fileeraus, from Finnish fileerata, from Swedish filea, from Swedish filé, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil — to suckle, nurse.

fileerausveitsi (Finnish): Synonym of fileointiveitsi

Definitions

  1. Synonym of fileointiveitsi

Ancestry of “fileerausveitsi”, step by step

fileerausveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish fileeraus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishfileerausSynonym of fileointi
2Finnishfileeratato fillet
3Swedishfileato fillet
4Swedishfiléa fillet (boneless strip or compact piece of meat or fish), tenderloin (when of beef or pork)
5Frenchfilettrickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
6Middle Frenchfilet
7Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
8Old Frenchfilson; thread
9Latinfīliusa son
10Old Latinfīlios
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-osEvery word from Old Latin fīlios
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