melcan

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną. Related to Old Frisian melka, Old Saxon *melkan, Old Dutch *melkan, Old High German melkan. Note that this is the original form, as *e and *i before *l did not break unless *h followed[1]: thus the alternative form meolcan has its diphthong by analogy with the noun meolc, which has its diphthong from back umlaut.

Pronunciation

Verb

melcan

  1. to milk

Conjugation

Conjugation of melcan (strong class 3)
infinitive melcan melcenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular melce mealc
second person singular milcst mulce
third person singular milcþ mealc
plural melcaþ mulcon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular melce mulce
plural melcen mulcen
imperative
singular melc
plural melcaþ
participle present past
melcende (ġe)molcen

Descendants

  • Middle English: mylken, milke, melke, mulke
    • English: milk
    • Yola: mulke

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186
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