Where does “mælkevej” come from?
mælkevej (Danish) comes from Latin Via Lactea, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
mælkevej (Danish): galaxy collection of billions of stars
Definitions
- galaxy collection of billions of stars
Ancestry of “mælkevej”, step by step
mælkevej traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Via Lactea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Via Lactea | the Milky Way |
| 2 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |