köken: From Paleo-Hispanic, possibly Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brīnikā, a derivative of *brinos (“fiber, filament”), further suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugʰ-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush, but the phonetics are dubious.
a fibre (Commonwealth); fiber (US) (single piece/strand of fabric or other material) · a dietary fibre
çekim: çoğul vezels
köken: From Middle Dutch *vesele (from which veselen), from vese + -ele. Equivalent to vees + -el. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fasō (“fiber”), see Old High German faso.
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 *bʰeyd-der. Latin *fidber /*findber? Latin fibra Possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), whence findō.
victima nūlla litat, magnōsque īnstāre tumultūs fibra monet […]
köken: Simplified from an earlier ни́щка (níštka), from Proto-Slavic *nitь + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nī́ˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.