Where does “piilo” come from?

piilo (Finnish) comes from Finnish piillä, from Proto-Finnic piildäk — to hide, to keep hidden.

piilo (Finnish): hideout, lair, covert, hiding place; hidden

Definitions

  1. hideout, lair, covert, hiding place; hidden

Ancestry of “piilo”, step by step

piilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piillä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiilläto be hidden in, lie in; Adessive singular form...
2Proto-Finnicpiildäkto hide, to keep hidden

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “piilo”

Every word from Proto-Finnic piildäk →Every word from Finnish piillä →
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