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Where does “[[mlha]], [[mhla]]” come from?

[[mlha]], [[mhla]] (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic mьgla̍, from Proto-Balto-Slavic miglā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃mígʰleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meygʰ- — fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle.

Ancestry of “[[mlha]], [[mhla]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmьgla̍—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmiglā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃mígʰleh₂mist, cloud
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meygʰ-fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle
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