Where does “milk” come from?
Milk comes from Old English melcan, from Proto-Germanic melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ-, meaning to milk or extract milk.
milk (English): A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of...
Definitions
- A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of...
Ancestry of “milk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | milk | — |
| 2 | Old English | meolc | milk |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |
Words derived from “milk”