Where does “filmen” come from?

filmen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.

filmen (Old English): membrane; caul; foreskin

Definitions

  1. membrane; caul; foreskin

Ancestry of “filmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-—
2Proto-Germanic*filmīn-—

Words derived from “filmen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn- →
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