Where does “vīle” come from?

vīle (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “vīle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfila—
2Proto-Germanic*fį̄hlu—
3Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “vīle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu →