myle
Middle English
/miːl/
noun
Definitions
- mile unit of measure composed of 8 furlongs
- The time it takes to walk a mile reckoned at 20 minutes
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mīl (millet, mile) inherited from *mīliju.
Origin
*mīliju
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mailoland English
- metric mile English
- mile English
- mile marker English
- mileage English
- milecastle English
- milelong English
- milepost English
- miler English
- milestone English
- milewide English
- milometer English
- postmile English
- seat-mile English
- seatmile English
- maili Finnish
- milia Latin
- milium Latin
- mīlia Latin
- mile French
- mille French
- マイル Japanese
- 哩 Japanese
- mīl Old English
- mile Middle English
- ไมล์ Thai
- mila Old High German
- milio Ido
- မိုင် Burmese
- *mīliju gmw-pro
- מייל Hebrew (modern)
- 哩 Chinese
- 邁 Chinese
- maili Swahili
- 마일 Korean
- imayela Zulu
- *mīl Old Frisian
- mail Tok Pisin
- མེ་ལེ Tibetan
- mwail Chuukese
- mail Fiji Hindi