Where does “fīle” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fīle”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fīle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →