fir
Moldavian
/fir/
noun
Definitions
- thread, string, filament, wire
- (fir de păr) a hair
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fīlum (thread) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- filum English
- *affilāre Latin
- *infīlāre Latin
- *infīlō Latin
- *refilare Latin
- filum Latin
- filāre Latin
- fīlum Latin
- fīlāre Latin
- fīlāre, filo Latin
- fīlō Latin
- filo Italian
- *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
- *flag- Proto-Germanic
- fil Old French
- fil Catalan, Valencian
- desfira Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- răsfira Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înfira Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- filet Middle French
- fio Old Portuguese
- hir Aromanian
- nhir Aromanian
- filu Asturian
- fîl Friulian
- filo Old Spanish
- fil Dalmatian