Where does “mīlētājs” come from?
mīlētājs (Latvian) comes from Latvian mīlēt, from Latvian mīls, from Latvian mīļš, from Proto-Baltic mīl-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.
mīlētājs (Latvian): lover
Ancestry of “mīlētājs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | mīlēt | to love, to feel love for |
| 2 | Latvian | mīls | dear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of... |
| 3 | Latvian | mīļš | dear, cherished, beloved; loving, kind, nice;... |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | mīl- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |