Where does “fir” come from?

fir (Romanian) comes from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

fir (Romanian): thread, string, filament, wire; a hair

Definitions

  1. thread, string, filament, wire; a hair

Ancestry of “fir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
2Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “fir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →