милый
Russian
adj
Definitions
- dear, sweet (having a pleasing disposition)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic милъ (dear, sweet) inherited from Proto-Slavic *milъ (likable) root from Proto-Indo-European *mēi-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mēi-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Milena Italian
- *meyl- Proto-Indo-European
- *mēi- Proto-Indo-European
- miły Polish
- *milъ Proto-Slavic
- milý Czech
- mio Serbo-Croatian
- мио Serbo-Croatian
- milă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- мил Bulgarian
- мил Macedonian
- милий Ukrainian
- milý Slovak
- мілы Belarusian
- mil Slovene
- милъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- милъ Old East Slavic
- miły Lower Sorbian
- *meiʔlos Proto-Balto-Slavic
- милый Rusyn