Where does “γάλα” come from?

γάλα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European glakt-.

γάλα (Ancient Greek): milk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy

Definitions

  1. milk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy

Ancestry of “γάλα”, step by step

γάλα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European glakt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-

via Proto-Indo-European galakt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangalakt-

Words derived from “γάλα

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt-