mild

Swedish

adjective
Definitions
  • mild, gentle
  • bland; not hot or strong (about taste of food)
  • weak; not corrosive or aggressive
  • not extreme; about weather: neither hot nor cold

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish milder inherited from Old Norse mildr inherited from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (mild, tender, soft, gentle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (speak, pray, ask).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meldʰ-

Gloss

speak, pray, ask

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

祈

Emoji
🗣️ 🗣️ 🙊

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