mīls

See also: mils, MILs, Mils, and mīļš

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁l-o-s, from *meyh₁- (“soft, tender”). Cognate with Lithuanian mielas (“nice, sweet, cute, dear”), Old Prussian mijls (“sweet, dear”), Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (“soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, dear”)) and Latin mītis (“weak, tender, soft”).

Adjective

mīls (definite mīlais, comparative mīlāks, superlative vismīlākais, adverb mīli)

  1. (dialectal) dear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of mīļš

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015), “mielas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
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