Where does “piłować” come from?

piłować (Polish) comes from Polish piła, 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.

piłować (Polish): to saw

Definitions

  1. to saw

Ancestry of “piłować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpiłasaw; sawfish; third-person singular feminine past...
2Polishpiłkaball; Diminutive of piła
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “piłować”

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