Where does “milkman” come from?
Milkman derives from English milk and English man, with milk tracing to Proto-Germanic melkaną and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ-, meaning to milk or extract.
milkman (English): A man who delivers milk to households and...
Definitions
- A man who delivers milk to households and...
Ancestry of “milkman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | milk | A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of... |
| 2 | Middle English | milk | — |
| 3 | Old English | meolc | milk |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |