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Where does “myldew” come from?

myldew (Middle English) comes from Old English meledēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw.

Ancestry of “myldew”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmeledēaw—
2Proto-West Germanic*milidauw—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw →