Where does “pfilari” come from?
pfilari (Old High German) comes from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
pfilari (Old High German): pillar
Ancestry of “pfilari”, step by step