Where does “melken” come from?
melken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch melkan, from Proto-Germanic melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.
melken (Middle Dutch): to milk; to draw in, to pull; to lure
Definitions
- to milk; to draw in, to pull; to lure
Ancestry of “melken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | melkan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | melkaną | to milk |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |
Words derived from “melken”