Where does “پیل” come from?

پیل (Persian) comes from French pile, from Old French pile, 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.

پیل (Persian): elephant; battery

Definitions

  1. elephant; battery

Ancestry of “پیل”, step by step

پیل traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French pile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpileheap, stack; pillar; battery
2Old Frenchpile—
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Pahlavi pyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pahlavipyl—
2Akkadian𒄠𒋛elephant

via Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian𐭯𐭩𐭫—

Words derived from “پیل”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →