Where does “Schokoladenmilch” come from?
Schokoladenmilch (German) comes from German milch, from Middle High German milch, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.
Schokoladenmilch (German): chocolate milk
Definitions
- chocolate milk
Ancestry of “Schokoladenmilch”, step by step
Schokoladenmilch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German milch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | milch | milk white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume |
| 2 | Middle High German | milch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | miluh | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |
via German Schokolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 2 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 3 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 5 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |