Where does “miluță” come from?

miluță (Romanian) comes from Romanian milă, from Polish miła, from Middle High German mīle, from Old High German mīla, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī.

miluță (Romanian): small mercy

Definitions

  1. small mercy

Ancestry of “miluță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmilăcompassion, mercifulness, pity; mile
2Polishmiłamile
3Middle High Germanmīle—
4Old High Germanmīlamile
5Latinmīlia—
6Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
7LatinMīllethousand; 1000
8Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →