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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, from Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognate with Danish mælk, Faroese mjólk, Icelandic mjólk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, English milk, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך (milkh).
Noun
mjølk f or m (definite singular mjølka or mjølken, indefinite plural mjølker, definite plural mjølkene)
- milk
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mjølk
- imperative of mjølke
References
- “mjølk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “mjølk” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognate with Danish mælk, Faroese mjólk, Icelandic mjólk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, English milk, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך (milkh).
Pronunciation
Noun
mjølk f (definite singular mjølka, indefinite plural mjølker, definite plural mjølkene)
- milk
- (botany) juice (from plants that look like milk)
Derived terms
Verb
mjølk
- imperative of mjølka
See also
References
- “mjølk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “mjølk” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring