mælk

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Icelandic mjólk, Norwegian Bokmål melk, mjølk, Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, English milk, Old English meolc, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך‎ (milkh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛlˀɡ̊]

Noun

mælk c (singular definite mælken, not used in plural form)

milk
(rare) milt, roe (also mælke)

Related terms

malke

See also

mælk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See mælke.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛlˀɡ̊]

Verb

mælk

imperative of mælke

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