Where does “Melkkuh” come from?

Melkkuh (German) comes from German Kuh, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

Melkkuh (German): cash cow

Definitions

  1. cash cow

Ancestry of “Melkkuh”, step by step

Melkkuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuocow
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via German melken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmelkento milk (a cow, goat etc.)
2Middle High Germanmëlken—
3Old High Germanmelchan—
4Proto-Germanicmelkanąto milk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old High German kuo →