köken: Inherited from Middle French suave, borrowed from Latin suāvis (“sweet, pleasant”), replacing the inherited form souef (in use until the 17th century), from Old French soef, suef (“sweet, mild, agreeable, tranquil, peaceful”), descendants of which live on in other Oïl languages.
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *mland-, a nasalised variant of *meld-, extended form of *mel-. Cognate to Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”). See mollis.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old High German miltider. Middle High German milteder. German mildbor. ▲ Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old English mildeder. Middle English mildeder. English mildbor. ▲ Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old Norse mildr Icelandic mildurbor. Esperanto milda Borrowed from German mild, English mild, Icelandic mildur. First attested in 1907.
aile: malmilda
Mi esperas, ke kiam vi venos, la vetero estos milda.