Where does “mihtlēas” come from?
mihtlēas (Old English) comes from Old English miht, from Old English mieht, from Old English meaht, from Old English maht, from Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis.
Ancestry of “mihtlēas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | miht | power, ability; strength, power |
| 2 | Old English | mieht | — |
| 3 | Old English | meaht | Alternative form of miht; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Old English | maht | — |
| 5 | Germanic | *mahti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |
Words derived from “mihtlēas”