Where does “amandelwolfsmelk” come from?

amandelwolfsmelk (Dutch) comes from Dutch wolfsmelk, from Dutch Wolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch wulf, from Proto-West Germanic wulf, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

amandelwolfsmelk (Dutch): wood spurge

Definitions

  1. wood spurge

Ancestry of “amandelwolfsmelk”, step by step

amandelwolfsmelk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wolfsmelk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwolfsmelkspurge (Euphorbia L.)
2DutchWolfLupus
3Middle Dutchwolfwolf, grey wolf
4Old Dutchwulfwolf
5Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
6Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Dutch amandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchamandelalmond; tonsil
2Middle Dutchamandel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →