Where does “villen” come from?

villen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch fillen, from Proto-West Germanic *fillijan — to flay, peel off skin.

villen (Middle Dutch): to skin

Definitions

  1. to skin

Ancestry of “villen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfillento chastise
2Proto-West Germanic*fillijanto flay, peel off skin

Words derived from “villen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fillijan →Every word from Old Dutch fillen →
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