Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finhlō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*finhilō, *fį̄hlō

Etymology

From earlier *finhilō, from Proto-Indo-European *pink-, variant of *peyḱ- (“to engrave, adorn, shape”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸĩx.lɔː/

Noun

*finhlō f

rasp; file

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *finhlō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*finhlō	*finhlôz
vocative	*finhlō	*finhlôz
accusative	*finhlǭ	*finhlōz
genitive	*finhlōz	*finhlǫ̂
dative	*finhlōi	*finhlōmaz
instrumental	*finhlō	*finhlōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fį̄hlu
- Old English: fīil, fīol, fēol, fēl
  - Middle English: file, fyle
    - English: file
    - Scots: file, fyle
- Old Frisian: *fīle
  - Saterland Frisian: Fiele
  - West Frisian: file
- Old Saxon: fīla
  - Middle Low German: vîle
    - German Low German: File
    - → Swedish: fil
- Old Dutch: *fīla
  - Middle Dutch: vile
    - Dutch: vijl
- Old High German: fīhala, fīgila, fīla
  - Middle High German: vīle
    - Cimbrian: faila
    - German: Feile
    - Luxembourgish: Feil
  - → Proto-Slavic: *pila (“file; saw”); ⇒ *pilka
    - East Slavic:
      - Russian: пила́ (pilá)
      - Ukrainian: пила́ (pylá)
    - West Slavic:
      - Czech: pila
      - Polish: piła
      - Slovak: píla
      - Lower Sorbian: piła
    - South Slavic:
      - Old Church Slavonic: пила (pila)
      - Macedonian: пила (pila)
      - Serbo-Croatian:
        Latin: píla
        
        Cyrillic: пи́ла

Old Norse: þél ( < *fíla, *fél)
- Icelandic: þél, þjöl
- Faroese: fíla
- Norwegian: fil
- Old Swedish: fǣl
- Danish: fil

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