Where does “fileointiveitsi” come from?

fileointiveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish fileointi, from Finnish fileoida, from Finnish filee, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius — to suckle, nurse.

fileointiveitsi (Finnish): filleting knife

Definitions

  1. filleting knife

Ancestry of “fileointiveitsi”, step by step

fileointiveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish fileointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfileointifilleting
2Finnishfileoidato fillet
3Finnishfileefillet; tenderloin or sirloin
4Frenchfilettrickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
5Middle Frenchfilet
6Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
7Old Frenchfilson; thread
8Latinfīliusa son
9Old Latinfīlios
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
11Proto-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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