Where does “mif” come from?

mif (Turkmen) comes from French famille, from Middle French famille, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

mif (Turkmen): myth, fable; legend

Definitions

  1. myth, fable; legend

Ancestry of “mif”, step by step

mif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French famille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfamillefamily
2Middle Frenchfamille
3Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
4Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
5Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Russian миф

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмифmyth, fable; legend
2Ancient Greekμῦθοςsomething said: word, speech, conversation; tale,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-Every word from Proto-Italic famelos