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Where does “fīil” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fīil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fīil”

  • fyle
  • file
  • fēl
  • fēol
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