Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mīliju

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mīlle passūs (Roman mile, literally thousand paces).

Noun

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*mīliju f[1]

  1. mile

Inflection

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *mīliju
Genitive *mīlijā
Singular Plural
Nominative *mīliju *mīlijō
Accusative *mīlijā *mīlijā
Genitive *mīlijā *mīlijō
Dative *mīlijē *mīlijōm, *mīlijum
Instrumental *mīliju *mīlijōm, *mīlijum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135:PWGmc *mīliju