Etymograph

English

filanders

Filanders comes from French filandres, from Latin filum ‘thread’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘thread’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilandres
  5. Englishtodayfilanders

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘thread’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilandres
  5. Englishtodayfilanders

The story

French filandres, from Latin filum (‘thread’).

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

defile, filamentous, 40 more

through Latin filum ‘thread’

file, annihilation, filament, fillet, nihilism, annihilate, nihilist, nihil, 43 more

Today it means

noun A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / filanders

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