Where does “пильный” come from?

пильный (Russian) comes from Russian пила́, from Proto-Slavic pila, from Old High German fil — file.

пильный (Russian): urgent

Definitions

  1. urgent

Ancestry of “пильный”, step by step

пильный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пила́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпила́saw
2Proto-Slavicpilasaw, file
3Old High Germanfilfile

via Proto-Slavic *pilьnъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*pilьnъurgent
Every word from Old High German fil →Every word from Proto-Slavic pila →Every word from Russian пила́ →