Where does “mjølk” come from?

mjølk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, from Old Norse mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

mjølk (Norwegian Bokmål): milk; imperative of mjølke

Definitions

  1. milk; imperative of mjølke

Ancestry of “mjølk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmjølkmilk; juice from plants that looks like milk;...
2Old Norsemjǫlkmilk
3Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

Words derived from “mjølk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meluks →Every word from Old Norse mjǫlk →