Where does “miły” come from?

miły (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European meyl-.

miły (Lower Sorbian): gentle, mild

Definitions

  1. gentle, mild

Ancestry of “miły”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmilъdear, nice, gentle, mild, soft, pleasant, polite
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmeiʔlos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic meiʔlos →Every word from Proto-Slavic milъ →