Where does “Meile” come from?

Meile (German) comes from Middle High German mīle, from Old High German mīla, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

Meile (German): mile; league

Definitions

  1. mile; league

Ancestry of “Meile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmīle—
2Old High Germanmīlamile
3Latinmīlia—
4Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
5LatinMīllethousand; 1000
6Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “Meile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →