Where does “viilaaja” come from?

viilaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish viilata, from Finnish viila, from Swedish fil, from Middle Low German vīle, from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

viilaaja (Finnish): filer one who files, or uses a file to remove sharp edges

Definitions

  1. filer one who files, or uses a file to remove sharp edges

Ancestry of “viilaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviilataTo file
2Finnishviilafile
3Swedishfila file; a row of objects; most commonly used...
4Middle Low Germanvīle—
5Old Saxonfila—
6Proto-Germanic*fį̄hlu—
7Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “viilaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu →