Where does “melok” come from?

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

Ancestry of “melok”, step by step

melok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic meluk

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

via Hungarian meló

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmelówork
2Yiddishמלאָכהhandicraft; work, labor
3Hebrewמְלָאכָהwork, labour

Words derived from “melok”

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