milch

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English milche, melch, from Old English meolc, meolce (giving milk, milch), from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (milky, milk-giving), from Proto-Indo-European *mÁlg- (to wipe, wipe off, milk). Cognate with Low German melke (milch), German melk (milk-giving, milch), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (milk-giving). More at milk.

[edit] Adjective

milch (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Giving milk
  2. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.
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