Where does “difil” come from?

difil (Seychellois Creole) comes from French fil, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

difil (Seychellois Creole): thread, string

Definitions

  1. thread, string

Ancestry of “difil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfilyarn, thread, wire; grain; edge
2Old Frenchfilson; thread
3Latinfīliusa son
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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