Where does “viilata” come from?

viilata (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...

viilata (Finnish): To file

Definitions

  1. To file

Ancestry of “viilata”, step by step

viilata 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 tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

Words derived from “viilata”

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