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

Etymology

From *finhlōną +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸĩx.lɔː/

Noun

*finhlō f

1. 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

Alternative reconstructions

• *finhalō, *finhilō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fį̄hlu, *fį̄halu, *fį̄hilu, *fį̄hulu
  • 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
        • Afrikaans: vyl
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: feli
        • Negerhollands: feile
        • → Aukan: fei
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: feiri
  • Old High German: fīhala, fīgila, fīla
    • Middle High German: vīle
      • Cimbrian: faila
      • German: Feile
      • Luxembourgish: Feil
  • → Proto-Slavic: *pĩlà (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: þél ( < *fíla, *fél)
  • Icelandic: þél, þjöl
  • Faroese: fíla
  • Norwegian: fil
  • Old Swedish: fǣl
  • Danish: fil