Where does “wolfsmelk” come from?

wolfsmelk (Dutch) comes 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.

wolfsmelk (Dutch): spurge (Euphorbia L.)

Definitions

  1. spurge (Euphorbia L.)

Ancestry of “wolfsmelk”, step by step

wolfsmelk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Wolf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchWolfLupus
2Middle Dutchwolfwolf, grey wolf
3Old Dutchwulfwolf
4Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
5Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Dutch melk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmelkmilk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as...
2Middle Dutchmelcmilk
3Old Dutchmiluk—
4Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
5Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

Words derived from “wolfsmelk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →