mjǫlk

See also: mjólk and mjölk

Old Norse

Alternative forms

mjolk

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Old Saxon miluk, Old Frisian meluk, Old English meolc, meoluc, Old Dutch miloch, miluk, Old High German miluh, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

Noun

mjǫlk f (genitive mjǫlkr)

milk

Declension

Declension of mjǫlk (strong consonant stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
feminine	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkin
accusative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkina
dative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkinni
genitive	mjǫlkr	mjǫlkrinnar

Descendants

Icelandic: mjólk
Faroese: mjólk
Norwegian: melk (Bokmål), mjølk (Bokmål), mjølk (Nynorsk)
Swedish: mjölk
Danish: mælk

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.