Where does “wolfsmelkfamilie” come from?

wolfsmelkfamilie (Dutch) comes from Dutch wolfsmelk, 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.

wolfsmelkfamilie (Dutch): spurge family (Euphorbiaceae)

Definitions

  1. spurge family (Euphorbiaceae)

Ancestry of “wolfsmelkfamilie”, step by step

wolfsmelkfamilie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wolfsmelk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwolfsmelkspurge (Euphorbia L.)
2DutchWolfLupus
3Middle Dutchwolfwolf, grey wolf
4Old Dutchwulfwolf
5Proto-West Germanicwulfwolf
6Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Dutch familie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfamilierelatives; family
2Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
3Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
4Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →