filo

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

filar

to cotton on, be onto

Zêdetir bixwîne

Pircarînî

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek

fi‧lo

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈfilo/

Ji Old Spanish mîras hatiye girtin

Ji latînî mîras hatiye girtin

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish filo, inherited from Latin fīlum. Doublet of hilo. Both were inherited, and it is not entirely clear why the two diverged in pronunciation, with filo coming to mean 'edge' and hilo maintaining the Latin sense of 'string, thread'. Perhaps the /f~h/ variation was exploited to create two words with more specialized senses. Cognate with English file.