Where does “mīl” come from?

mīl (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

Ancestry of “mīl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
2LatinMīllethousand; 1000
3Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

Words derived from “mīl”

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