Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas, from Proto-Indo-European *m(e)iH-lo-s, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (mild, soft). Cognate with Lithuanian mi̇́elas (nice, sweet, cute), Latvian mīļš, mīls (dear, cherished, beloved) (dialectal), Old Prussian mijls (dear), Latin mītis (mild, mellow),[1] Greek μείλιον (meílion, pleasant gift); see the Latin for more.

Adjective

*mìlъ[1][2]

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

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *milъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *milъ *mila *milo
genitive *mila *mily *mila
dative *milu *milě *milu
accusative *milъ *milǫ *milo
instrumental *milomь *milojǫ *milomь
locative *milě *milě *milě
vocative *mile *milo *milo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mila *milě *milě
genitive *milu *milu *milu
dative *miloma *milama *miloma
accusative *mila *milě *milě
instrumental *miloma *milama *miloma
locative *milu *milu *milu
vocative *mila *milě *milě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mili *mily *mila
genitive *milъ *milъ *milъ
dative *milomъ *milamъ *milomъ
accusative *mily *mily *mila
instrumental *mily *milami *mily
locative *milěxъ *milaxъ *milěxъ
vocative *mili *mily *mila
Definite declension of *milъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *milъjь *milaja *miloje
genitive *milajego *milyję̇ *milajego
dative *milujemu *milěji *milujemu
accusative *milъjь *milǫjǫ *miloje
instrumental *milyjimь *milǫjǫ *milyjimь
locative *milějemь *milěji *milějemь
vocative *milъjь *milaja *miloje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *milaja *milěji *milěji
genitive *miluju *miluju *miluju
dative *milyjima *milyjima *milyjima
accusative *milaja *milěji *milěji
instrumental *milyjima *milyjima *milyjima
locative *miluju *miluju *miluju
vocative *milaja *milěji *milěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *miliji *milyję̇ *milaja
genitive *milъjixъ *milъjixъ *milъjixъ
dative *milyjimъ *milyjimъ *milyjimъ
accusative *milyję̇ *milyję̇ *milaja
instrumental *milyjimi *milyjimi *milyjimi
locative *milyjixъ *milyjixъ *milyjixъ
vocative *miliji *milyję̇ *milaja

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: милъ (milŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: милъ (milŭ)
    • Macedonian: мил (mil)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми̏о
      Latin script: mȉo
    • Slovene: mȋl (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: milý
      • Czech: milý
        • Moravian (Mistřice): miu̯í
    • Kashubian: miłi
    • Old Polish: miły
      • Polish: miły
      • Silesian: miyły
    • Slovak: milý
    • Sorbian:

Non-Slavic

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ми́лый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mitis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 383

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mìlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317:adj. o (a) ‘sweet, dear’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “milъ mila milo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 23, 107, 110; PR 133; MP 22)