Where does “fajł” come from?

fajł (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German fīla, from Proto-Germanic finhlō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

fajł (Vilamovian): file

Definitions

  1. file

Ancestry of “fajł”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfīlafile
2Proto-Germanicfinhlōrasp; file
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finhlō →Every word from Old High German fīla →