Where does “Milla” come from?

Milla (Finnish) comes from Finnish Emilia, from Latin Aemilia, from Latin aemulus, from Proto-Italic aimelos, from Proto-Italic aimos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

Ancestry of “Milla”, step by step

Milla traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Emilia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEmilia—
2LatinAemilia—
3Latinaemulusstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...
4Proto-Italicaimelosstriving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad...
5Proto-Italicaimosimitation
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

via Swedish Camilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishCamillapopular from the 1960s to the 1990s
2LatinCamillaCamilla, a warrior queen in the Aeneid

via Russian Людми́ла

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛюдми́ла—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic aimos →Every word from Proto-Italic aimelos →
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