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Where does “*fį̄hlu” come from?

*fį̄hlu (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “*fį̄hlu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
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