милъ

See also: міль and миль

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European *meyl-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mielas (“nice, deer, sweet”), Latvian mĩl̨š (“sweet, dear, kind”), Old Prussian mijls (“sweet, dear”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Latin mītis (“of soft taste”) and Greek meília.

Adjective

милъ • (milŭ)

  1. dear, sweet
    милъ бъіти — to feel sorry for
    милъ сѧ творити/дѣлати — to beg mercy from someone

Derived terms

References
  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European *meyl-.

Adjective

милъ (milŭ)

  1. dear, sweet

Descendants
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