Where does “milkily” come from?
milkily (English) comes from English milky, from Middle English mylky, from English milk, from Middle English milk, from Old English meolc, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.
milkily (English): In the manner of milk
Ancestry of “milkily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | milky | Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell,... |
| 2 | Middle English | mylky | — |
| 3 | English | milk | A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of... |
| 4 | Middle English | milk | — |
| 5 | Old English | meolc | milk |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |