Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas; from Proto-Indo-European *m(e)ilH-lo-s; from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁-. Cognate with Lithuanian mielas (“nice, sweet, cute”), Latvian mīļš, mīls (“dear, cherished, beloved”) (dialectal), Old Prussian mijls (“dear”), Latin mitis (“mild, mellow”), Greek μείλιον (meílion, “pleasant gift”).
Adjective
editInflection
editIndefinite 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
edit- *milostь
- *miloba
- *milosьrdъ (“merciful, compassionate”)
- *milovati
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: milă
Further reading
edit- 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
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mìlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 317: “adj. o (a) ‘sweet, dear’”
- ^ 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)”