Where does “cipreswolfsmelk” come from?

cipreswolfsmelk (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.

cipreswolfsmelk (Dutch): cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)

Definitions

  1. cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)

Ancestry of “cipreswolfsmelk”, step by step

cipreswolfsmelk 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 cipres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchciprescypress
2Middle Dutchcypresse—
3Old Frenchcipres—
4Latincypressus—
5Latincupressuscypress
6Ancient Greekκυπάρισσοςcypress; its wood, used as timber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wulf →