*finhlō

Runic: ᚠᛁᚾᚺᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸĩx.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

rasp, file

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pi-n-ḱ-tléh₂, an instrumental feminine noun (see Kroonen 2017 for similar formations with *-tléh₂) from the zero-grade nasal-present stem of *peyḱ- (‘to hew, cut out’) (Rix et al. 2001). Cognate with Sanskrit पिंशति (piṃśáti) (piṃśáti, ‘to cut, carve, hew, trim’) and Latin pingō (‘to decorate, adorn, embellish’) . Related to *finhlōną (‘to polish, file’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.finhlōfinhlôz
Acc.finhlǭfinhlōz
Gen.finhlōzfinhlǫ̂
Dat.finhlōifinhlōmaz
Inst.finhlōfinhlōmiz
Voc.finhlōfinhlôz

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Descendants

  • * fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fīla (Old Dutch)
      • vile (Middle Dutch)
        • vijl (Dutch)
          • vyl (Afrikaans)
  • * fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fīil, fīol, fēol, fēl (Old English)
      • file, fyle (Middle English)
        • file (English)
        • file, fyle (Scots)
  • * fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fīle (Old Frisian)
      • Fiele (Saterland Frisian)
      • file (West Frisian)
  • * fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fīhala, fīgila, fīla (Old High German)
      • vīle (Middle High German)
        • Feile (German)
        • Feil (Luxembourgish)
  • * fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fīla (Old Saxon)
      • vîle (Middle Low German)
        • File (Low German)
        • fil (Swedish)
  • *fį̄halu, *fį̄hlu, *fį̄hulu, *fį̄hilu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *pĩlà (Proto-Slavic)
  • *fél, *fíla, þél (Old Norse)
    • fil (Danish)
    • fíla (Faroese)
    • þél, þjöl (Icelandic)
    • fil (Norwegian)
    • fǣl (Old Swedish)

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