Where does “melk” come from?

melk (Dutch) comes 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.

melk (Dutch): milk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as...

Definitions

  1. milk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as...

Ancestry of “melk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmelcmilk
2Old Dutchmiluk
3Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
4Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

Words derived from “melk

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ-