Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melukōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *meluks +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.lu.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*melukōną

1. To milk
2. To give milk

Inflection

Conjugation of *melukōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*melukō	*melukǭ	—	*melukōi	?
2nd singular	*melukōsi	*melukōs	*melukō	*melukōsai	*melukōsau
3rd singular	*melukōþi	*melukō	*melukōþau	*melukōþai	*melukōþau
1st dual	*melukōs	*melukōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*melukōþiz	*melukōþiz	*melukōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*melukōmaz	*melukōm	—	*melukōnþai	*melukōnþau
2nd plural	*melukōþ	*melukōþ	*melukōþ	*melukōnþai	*melukōnþau
3rd plural	*melukōnþi	*melukōn	*melukōnþau	*melukōnþai	*melukōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*melukōdǭ	*melukōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*melukōdēz	*melukōdēdīz
3rd singular	*melukōdē	*melukōdēdī
1st dual	*melukōdēdū	*melukōdēdīw
2nd dual	*melukōdēdudiz	*melukōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*melukōdēdum	*melukōdēdīm
2nd plural	*melukōdēdud	*melukōdēdīd
3rd plural	*melukōdēdun	*melukōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*melukōndz	*melukōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: meolcian, milcian
  • Middle English: melken, milken
    • Scots: melk, mylk, milk
    • English: milk
• Old Frisian: melka
• Old Saxon: *melkōn
  • Middle Low German: melken
    • Low German: melken
• Old Norse: mjǫlka, molka, mjólka
  • Icelandic: mjólka
  • Faroese: mjólka
  • Norwegian: melke
  • Old Swedish: miolka, molka
    • Swedish: mjölka
  • Danish: malke