Molch
German
Etymology
Alteration (-ch due to Lurch) of Middle High German mol, molle, from Old High German mol, mol(l)o, from Proto-Germanic *mulô, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂-o- (compare Lithuanian mul̃vas (“yellow, clayey”), Latin mulleus (“ruddy (shoes)”), Sanskrit मल (mála, “dirt”)), from *melh₂- (“dark color”).[1] More at malen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Molch m (genitive Molchs or Molches, plural Molche)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “Molch” in Duden online
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Molch” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).
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