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Where does “píla” come from?

píla (Old Norse) comes from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

Ancestry of “píla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīlum—
2Proto-Italicpistlom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “píla”

  • piltavla
  • piltangent
  • pil
  • pilspets
  • pil
  • pil
  • pil
  • píla
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →