Where does “mielie” come from?

mielie (Afrikaans) comes from Portuguese Milho, from Old Portuguese milho, from Latin milium, from Proto-Italic meljom, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

mielie (Afrikaans): maize; corn

Definitions

  1. maize; corn

Ancestry of “mielie”, step by step

mielie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Milho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMilhomaize seeds of the plant
2Old Portuguesemilho—
3Latinmiliummillet; genitive plural of mīlle
4Proto-Italicmeljom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Dutch milie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmiliemillet, maize
2Old FrenchmilAlternative form of mile; millet
3Old Frenchmileone thousand
4LatinMīllethousand; 1000
5Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mielie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →