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Where does “Fíli” come from?

Fíli (Old Norse) comes from Old High German fīla, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “Fíli”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Fíli”

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