Where does “viesmīle” come from?
viesmīle (Latvian) comes from Latvian viesmīlis, from Latvian viesmīlīgs, from Latvian mīlīgs, from Latvian mīlēt, from Latvian mīls, from Latvian mīļš, from Proto-Baltic mīl-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.
viesmīle (Latvian): waitress
Ancestry of “viesmīle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | viesmīlis | waiter |
| 2 | Latvian | viesmīlīgs | hospitable |
| 3 | Latvian | mīlīgs | friendly, kind, affectionate, loving; also, nice,... |
| 4 | Latvian | mīlēt | to love, to feel love for |
| 5 | Latvian | mīls | dear, cherished, beloved; alternative form of... |
| 6 | Latvian | mīļš | dear, cherished, beloved; loving, kind, nice;... |
| 7 | Proto-Baltic | mīl- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |