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 edit

Etymology edit

From *finhlōną +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɸĩx.lɔː/

Noun edit

*finhlō f

rasp, file

Inflection edit

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 edit

*finhalō, *finhilō

Descendants edit

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
      - 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