Where does “Feile” come from?

Feile (German) comes from Middle High German fīle, from Old High German fīla, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Feile (German): file

Definitions

  1. file

Ancestry of “Feile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfīle—
2Old High Germanfīlafile
3Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “Feile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Old High German fīla →