Where does “pīlus” come from?

pīlus (Latin) comes from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pīlus (Latin): a hair

Definitions

  1. a hair

Ancestry of “pīlus”, step by step

pīlus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pīlum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
2Proto-Italicpistlom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Proto-Indo-European pil-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpil-one string of hair; string of hair; strand of...
2Proto-Algonquian*pi·l-—

Words derived from “pīlus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →