Where does “file” come from?

file (Middle English) comes from Old English fēl, from Old English fīil, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “file”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēl—
2Old Englishfīil—
3Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “file”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Old English fīil →