Where does “פֿילע” come from?

פֿילע (Yiddish) comes from Russian филе, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os — to suckle, nurse.

פֿילע (Yiddish): fillet strip of deboned meat or fish

Definitions

  1. fillet strip of deboned meat or fish

Ancestry of “פֿילע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianфилеfillet, filet; filet lace, filet-work
2Frenchfilettrickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
3Middle Frenchfilet
4Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
5Old Frenchfilson; thread
6Latinfīliusa son
7Old Latinfīlios
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-