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Where does “filt” come from?

filt (Frankish) comes from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

Ancestry of “filt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

Words derived from “filt”

  • filter
  • filtering
  • prefilter
  • filterable
  • biofilter
  • filterability
  • postfilter
  • ultrafilter
  • microfilter
  • hemofilter
  • filterless
  • filterer
  • liftering
  • subfilter
  • refilter
  • nonfilter
  • filtergram
  • fewter
  • nonfilterable
  • unfilterable
  • unfilter
  • diafilter
  • multifilter
  • filterest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pilto →