Where does “fēol” come from?

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

fēol (Old English): file

Definitions

  1. file

Ancestry of “fēol”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fēol”

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