Where does “miły” come from?

miły (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European meyl-.

miły (Polish): nice, pleasant, dear, gentle, mild, soft, polite

Definitions

  1. nice, pleasant, dear, gentle, mild, soft, polite

Ancestry of “miły”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmilъdear, nice, gentle, mild, soft, pleasant, polite
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmeiʔlos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyl-—

Words derived from “miły”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic meiʔlos →Every word from Proto-Slavic milъ →