Where does “Kossenmalkj” come from?

Kossenmalkj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Malkj, from Middle Low German mēlik, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

Kossenmalkj (Plautdietsch): goat milk

Definitions

  1. goat milk

Ancestry of “Kossenmalkj”, step by step

Kossenmalkj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Malkj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMalkjmilk
2Middle Low Germanmēlik—
3Old Dutchmiluk—
4Proto-West Germanicmelukmilk
5Proto-Germanicmeluksmilk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂melǵ-to milk; milk

via Plautdietsch Koss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKossgoat
2PolishKozagoat
3Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meluks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic meluk →