gʷhī-

Thread, tendon. Contracted from *gʷhiə-. Suffixed form *gʷhī-slo-. filament, filar, filaria, file¹, fillet, filose, filum; defile², enfilade, filiform, filigree, filoplume, filovirus, profile, purfle, from Latin fīlum, thread.

 

[Pokorny gᵘ̯heiə- 489.]

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