Where does “*fīla” come from?

*fīla (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “*fīla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fį̄hlurasp, file
2Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “*fīla”

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