Where does “míle” come from?
míle (Old Irish) comes from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.
míle (Old Irish): thousand
Ancestry of “míle”, step by step
Words derived from “míle”