Where does “fío” come from?

fío (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

fío (Galician): thread; string; filament; wire; linen

Definitions

  1. thread; string; filament; wire; linen

Ancestry of “fío”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefio—
2Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
3Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “fío”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →