Where does “piła” come from?

piła (Polish) comes from Polish piłka, 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.

piła (Polish): saw; sawfish; third-person singular feminine past...

Definitions

  1. saw; sawfish; third-person singular feminine past...

Ancestry of “piła”, step by step

piła traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish piłka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpiłkaball; Diminutive of piła
2Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Proto-Slavic pila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpilasaw, file
2Old High Germanfilfile

Words derived from “piła”

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