Where does “spiłowywać” come from?
spiłowywać (Polish) comes from Polish spiłować, from Polish piłować, from Polish piła, from Polish piłka, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
spiłowywać (Polish): to file down
Definitions
- to file down
Ancestry of “spiłowywać”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | spiłować | to saw |
| 2 | Polish | piłować | to saw |
| 3 | Polish | piła | saw; sawfish; third-person singular feminine past... |
| 4 | Polish | piłka | ball; Diminutive of piła |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |