Where does “pille” come from?
pille (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
pille (Norwegian Bokmål): a pill
Ancestry of “pille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | pille | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | pilla | — |
| 3 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
Words derived from “pille”