Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “filt” come from?

filt (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vilt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

filt (Swedish): blanket

Definitions

  1. blanket

Ancestry of “filt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvilt—
2Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

Words derived from “filt”

  • vilttiketju
  • viltti
  • vilttiketjulainen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pilto →