Where does “mííl” come from?

mííl (Navajo) comes from Spanish mil, from Old Spanish mil, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mííl (Navajo): thousand; million

Definitions

  1. thousand; million

Ancestry of “mííl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmilthousand
2Old Spanishmilthousand
3LatinMīllethousand; 1000
4Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mííl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →