Where does “mitrás” come from?

mitrás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mitrás (Proto-Indo-Aryan): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “mitrás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmitráscovenant; treaty; agreement
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mitrás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás →