Where does “melkchocolade” come from?
melkchocolade (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.
melkchocolade (Dutch): milk chocolate
Definitions
- milk chocolate
Ancestry of “melkchocolade”, step by step
melkchocolade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch melk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | melk | milk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | melc | milk |
| 3 | Old Dutch | miluk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |
via Dutch chocolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | chocolade | chocolate |
| 2 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 4 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |