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Where does “hefill” come from?

hefill (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hefill, from Proto-Germanic hafilaz.

hefill (Icelandic): a carpenter's plane

Definitions

  1. a carpenter's plane

Ancestry of “hefill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehefill—
2Proto-Germanichafilaz—

Words derived from “hefill”

  • hefla
Every word from Proto-Germanic hafilaz →