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Where does “מײַל” come from?

מײַל (Yiddish) comes from Old High German mīla, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

מײַל (Yiddish): mile

Definitions

  1. mile

Ancestry of “מײַל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmīla—
2Latinmīlia—
3Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
4LatinMīlle—
5Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →