Where does “melek” come from?

melek (Tok Pisin) comes from Dutch melk, from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.

melek (Tok Pisin): milk; semen

Definitions

milk; semen

Ancestry of “melek”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	melk	milk; Various resembling 'milky' juices, as...
2	Middle Dutch	melc	milk
3	Old Dutch	miluk	—
4	Proto-West Germanic	meluk	milk
5	Proto-Germanic	meluks	milk
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂melǵ-	to milk; milk

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