Where does “ontmelken” come from?
ontmelken (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.
ontmelken (Dutch): to milk, to extract milk
Definitions
- to milk, to extract milk
Ancestry of “ontmelken”, step by step
ontmelken traces back through 3 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 melken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | melken | to milk |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | melken | to milk; to draw in, to pull; to lure |
| 3 | Old Dutch | melkan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | melkaną | to milk |
via Dutch ont- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ont- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)" |