milch

Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, 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 melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: mĭlch, IPA^(key): /mɪltʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪltʃ

Adjective

milch (not comparable)

1. (dated, of a cow, animal, etc.) Giving milk; in note
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)

     She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.

2. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Noun

milch

1. (Issime, Carcoforo) milk

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Noun

milch

1. (Sappada) milk

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Noun

milch f (plural [please provide])

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) milk

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milx/

Noun

milch ? (plural [please provide])

1. milk (white liquid produced by female mammals)

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.