köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic мьгла (mĭgla), from Proto-Slavic *mьgla, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *míglāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰleh₂ (“mist, cloud”). Compare Polish mgła (“fog”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-der. Proto-Slavic *pólъ Old Polish pół Polish pół Polish pół- Polish cień Polish półcień From pół- + cień.
köken: From a bad lecture of an 18th century author by a 19th century lexicographer; later incorporated into several 19th and 20th century dictionaries, and subsequently acquiring some minor literary use.
köken: Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), whence het (“hat”). Perhaps cognate with Latin cassis (“helmet”).