Where does “viilaharja” come from?

viilaharja (Finnish) comes 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...

viilaharja (Finnish): file brush

Definitions

  1. file brush

Ancestry of “viilaharja”, step by step

viilaharja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viila

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

via Finnish harja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjabrush; mane; crest
2RussianХаритон—
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu →