Where does “mil” come from?
mil (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese mil, from Old Portuguese mil, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
mil (Kabuverdianu): thousand
Ancestry of “mil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mil | one thousand; a thousand; 1000; thousands of |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mil | — |
| 3 | Latin | Mīlle | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |