Where does “melc” come from?

melc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

melc (Middle Dutch): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “melc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmiluk—
2Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
3Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

Words derived from “melc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →