fibre/fiber (single elongated piece of stringy material) · ellipsis of valokuitu (“optical fibre”) · thread (that consists of one filament or fibre; compare lanka)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der. Proto-Italic *kandēō Latin candeō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂ Proto-Italic *-ēlā Latin -ēla Latin candēla Old Galician-Portuguese candea Galician candea Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese candea, from Latin candēla. Doublet of candil. Cognate with Portuguese candeia and Spanish candela.
köken: From Dutch baard, from Middle Dutch baert, from Old Dutch *bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂.