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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas; from Proto-Indo-European *m(e)ilH-lo-s; from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁-. Cognate with Lithuanian mielas (nice, sweet, cute), Latvian mīļš, mīls (dear, cherished, beloved) (dialectal), Old Prussian mijls (dear), Latin mitis (mild, mellow), Greek μείλιον (meílion, pleasant gift).

Adjective

*mìlъ[1][2]

  1. dear, nice, gentle, mild, soft, pleasant, polite

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *milostь
  • *miloba
  • *milosьrdъ (“merciful, compassionate”)
  • *milovati

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: милъ (milŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: milý
      • Czech: milý
        • Moravian (Mistřice): miu̯í
    • Kashubian: miłi
    • Polish: miły
    • Silesian: mjyły
    • Slovak: milý
    • Slovincian: ńĩvă, ńì·vă
    • Sorbian:

Non-Slavic

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mìlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317: “adj. o (a) ‘sweet, dear’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), milъ mila milo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 23, 107, 110; PR 133; MP 22)”
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