Where does “viilanpuru” come from?

viilanpuru (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...

viilanpuru (Finnish): metal filings

Definitions

  1. metal filings

Ancestry of “viilanpuru”, step by step

viilanpuru 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 puru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuruSynonym of pureminen; chewing; A quantity of...
2Proto-Finnicpuru—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →