Where does “piltavla” come from?
piltavla (Swedish) comes from Swedish pil, from Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
piltavla (Swedish): a dartboard
Ancestry of “piltavla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | pil | arrow, the weapon; arrow, the symbol; dart, the... |
| 2 | Old Norse | píla | — |
| 3 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |