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English
Etymology
From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke) (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.
Pronunciation
Adjective
milch (not comparable)
- (dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy.
1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle:so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.
- (dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. , London: J H for H Mortlock , and J Robinson , →OCLC:you must house your Milch-cows
- (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.
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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).
Noun
milch f
- (Issime, Carcoforo) milk
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Bavarian
Etymology
From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).
Noun
milch f
- (Sappada) milk
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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).
Noun
milch f
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) milk
References
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks (“milk”). Cognate with German Milch, English milk.
Pronunciation
Noun
milch f
- milk
References
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.