Where does “Schweinefilet” come from?

Schweinefilet (German) comes from German Filet, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os — to suckle, nurse.

Schweinefilet (German): pork fillet, pork tenderloin

Definitions

  1. pork fillet, pork tenderloin

Ancestry of “Schweinefilet”, step by step

Schweinefilet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Filet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFiletfillet
2Frenchfilettrickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
3Middle Frenchfilet
4Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
5Old Frenchfilson; thread
6Latinfīliusa son
7Old Latinfīlios
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via German schwein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschweinswine, pig
2Middle High Germanswinswine, pig
3Old High Germanswīnswine, pig
4Proto-West Germanicswīnpig, swine
5Proto-Germanicswīnąswine, pig
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
8Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-