Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisjō (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmilsenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmiltsianang · to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful
- Inherited-form mention*mildisjōgem-pro · kindness
- Derivation mention*mildijazgem-pro · mild
- Derivation mention*(s)mel-ine-pro · to beat, grind
- Cognate mentionmiltsang · mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy
- Cognate mentionmildeang · mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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