Where does “miljoenpoot” come from?

miljoenpoot (Dutch) comes from Dutch miljoen, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

miljoenpoot (Dutch): A millipede, an arthropod of the class Diplopoda

Definitions

  1. A millipede, an arthropod of the class Diplopoda

Ancestry of “miljoenpoot”, step by step

miljoenpoot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch miljoen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmiljoenA million, 10
2Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
3Old Frenchmillon—
4Italianmilionemillion
5Italianmillethousand
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Dutch poot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpootlimb of an animal; leg or foot; hand
2Middle Dutchpôtelimb, claw
3Old Dutchpota—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →