Where does “vīle” come from?

vīle (Latvian) comes from Middle High German vīle, from Old High German filu, from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

vīle (Latvian): file; seam, hem; seam-like, line-like projection...

Definitions

  1. file; seam, hem; seam-like, line-like projection...

Ancestry of “vīle”, step by step

vīle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German vīle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvīle—
2Old High Germanfilumany; much
3Proto-West Germanic*felumuch, a lot
4Proto-Germanicfelumuch, a lot; a lot of; very
5Proto-Germanicfeluzmany; cruel, evil
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Middle Dutch vīle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvīle—
2Old Dutch*fīla—
3Proto-West Germanic*fį̄hlurasp, file
4Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Latvian vīt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianvītto twist, wind; to wind, to wreathe; to twist, to...
2LatinVitusGiven name, equivalent to Vitus

Words derived from “vīle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic feluz →Every word from Proto-Germanic felu →