Where does “Meilensäule” come from?

Meilensäule (German) comes from German Meile, 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.

Meilensäule (German): milestone a milepost

Definitions

  1. milestone a milepost

Ancestry of “Meilensäule”, step by step

Meilensäule traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Meile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeilemile; league
2Middle High Germanmīle—
3Old High Germanmīlamile
4Latinmīlia—
5Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via German Säule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäulecolumn, pillar
2Germansūl—
3Old High Germansūlstyle, pole
4Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via German N

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNAbbreviation of Nord; north
2GermanNordthe north; a wind coming from the north
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →