Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Gentle and not easily angered. · Of only moderate severity; not strict. · Conciliatory, nonpolemical; gentle in tone. · Not overly felt or seriously intended.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmildeenm
- Inherited-form mentionmildeang
- Inherited-form mention*mildijazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*melh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionmildsco
- Cognate mentionmildestq
- Cognate mentionmyldfy
- Cognate mentionmildnl
- Cognate mentionmildends
- Cognate mentionmildde
- Cognate mentionmildnb
- Cognate mentionmilduris
- Cognate mentionmollisla
- Cognate mentionmalonuslt
- Cognate mentionmildrnon
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