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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Hult <Carl.Hult@...> wrote:
>
> What is the origin of latin mille, the roman word för thousand? Does it
> have any relation to other words?
>
> Carl Hult
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Watkins in American Heritage Dictionary reports a possible PIE
etymology, but seems to be skeptical himself:
ENTRY: gheslo-
DEFINITION: Seen by some as a base for words meaning "thousand."
Oldest form *heslo-, becoming *gheslo- in centum languages. 1.
Suffixed form *ghesl-yo-. chiliad, kilo-, from Greek khilioi, thousand.
2. mil1, mile, millenary, millesimal, milli-, milliary, millime,
million; milfoil, millefleur, millennium, millepore, millipede, per
mil, from Latin mille, thousand, which has been analyzed as *sm-, "one"
+ a form *ghsli-, but is of obscure origin. (Pokorny héslo- 446.)