Where does “Kokosmilch” come from?

Kokosmilch (German) comes from German Kokos, from Spanish cocos, from Spanish coco, from Russian коко́с, from Portuguese cocos, from Portuguese coco, from Late Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος — grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

Kokosmilch (German): coconut milk

Definitions

  1. coconut milk

Ancestry of “Kokosmilch”, step by step

Kokosmilch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kokos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKokosthe flesh of the coconut; its taste; coir; the...
2Spanishcocosplural of coco
3Spanishcocococonut; testicle; bogeyman
4Russianкоко́сcoconut
5Portuguesecocosplural of coco
6Portuguesecocococonut
7Late Latincoccumkernel, seed; a scarlet berry of various plants;...
8Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

via German milch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmilchmilk white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume
2Middle High Germanmilch
3Old High Germanmiluh
4Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
5Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk
Every word from Ancient Greek κόκκος