Where does “gräddfil” come from?

gräddfil (Swedish) comes from Swedish fil, from Middle Low German vīle, from Old Saxon fila, from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

gräddfil (Swedish): Sour cream; A traffic lane for certain types of...

Definitions

  1. Sour cream; A traffic lane for certain types of...

Ancestry of “gräddfil”, step by step

gräddfil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfila file; a row of objects; most commonly used...
2Middle Low Germanvīle—
3Old Saxonfila—
4Proto-Germanic*fį̄hlu—
5Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Swedish grädda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgräddacream; the best of something; to bake, to fry
2Swedishgräddecream
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fį̄hlu →