meolc

Old English

Alternative forms

• meoloc, meoluc, milc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian melok, Old Saxon miluk, Old Dutch miluk, Old High German miluh, Old Norse mjǫlk, and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks). Indo-European cognates include Latin mulgeō, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō), Russian моло́зиво (molózivo), Lithuanian mélžti, Welsh blith, Tocharian A malke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me͜olk/, [me͜oɫk]

Noun

meolc f

1. milk

Declension

Declension of meolc (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	meolc	meolce, meolca
accusative	meolc, meolce	meolce, meolca
genitive	meolce	meolca
dative	meolce	meolcum

Derived terms

• melcan
• meolchwīt
• sūr meolc
• þicce meolc
• þynne meolc

Descendants

• Middle English: milk, mylk, melk, mulc
  • English: milk
    • Solombala English: милекъ (milek)
    • → Chuukese: minik
    • ⇒ Gamilaraay: milambaraay
    • → Gilbertese: miriki
    • → Japanese: ミルク (miruku)
    • → Korean: 밀크 (milkeu)
    • → Lingala: míliki
    • → Maori: miraka
    • → Marshallese: milik
    • → Volapük: milig
    • → Yoruba: mílíìkì
  • Scots: milk, melk