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Where does “mīlēšana” come from?

mīlēšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian mīlēt, from Latvian mīls, from Latvian mīļš, from Proto-Baltic mīl-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

mīlēšana (Latvian): loving; verbal noun of mīlēt

Definitions

  1. loving; verbal noun of mīlēt

Ancestry of “mīlēšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmīlētto love, to feel love for
2Latvianmīlsdear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of...
3Latvianmīļšdear, cherished, beloved; loving, kind, nice;...
4Proto-Balticmīl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →