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
Ancestry of “fileointiveitsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | fileointi | filleting |
| 2 | Finnish | fileoida | to fillet |
| 3 | Finnish | filee | fillet; tenderloin or sirloin |
| 4 | French | filet | trickle, drizzle , wisp; fillet, filet; frenum |
| 5 | Middle French | filet | — |
| 6 | Old French | filet | strip, thread, ligament or filament |
| 7 | Old French | fil | son; thread |
| 8 | Latin | fīlius | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | fīlios | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁y-li-os | sucker |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |