Etymograph

English

Mir

Mir comes from Russian мир ‘peace’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey(H)-ró-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*meiˀrás‘peace’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*mirъ‘peace’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernмир‘peace’
  5. EnglishtodayMir

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey(H)-ró-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*meiˀrás‘peace’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*mirъ‘peace’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernмир‘peace’
  5. EnglishtodayMir

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s

Another origin of Mir

  1. Persianc. 900–presentمِیر‘commander’
  2. EnglishtodayMir

Today it means

name A Soviet, later Russian space station.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s / Mir

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