Where does “biestmelk” come from?

biestmelk (Dutch) comes from Dutch melk, from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

biestmelk (Dutch): beest, beestings, colostrum

Definitions

  1. beest, beestings, colostrum

Ancestry of “biestmelk”, step by step

biestmelk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch melk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmelkmilk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as...
2Middle Dutchmelcmilk
3Old Dutchmiluk—
4Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
5Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

via Dutch biest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbiestbeest, colostrum, beestings
2Dutchbiesrush, sedge of the genus Schoenoplectus; piping
3Middle Dutchbiese—
4Old Dutch*biesa—
5Proto-West Germanic*beusurush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →