Where does “milk” come from?

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

milk (Middle English): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “milk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “milk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meluks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic meluk →
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