mjólk

See also: mjölk and mjǫlk

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mjœl̥k], Suðuroy: IPA^(key): [mjʏl̥k]

Noun

mjólk f (genitive singular mjólkar, uncountable)

1. milk

Declension

Declension of mjólk (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjólk	mjólkin
accusative	mjólk	mjólkina
dative	mjólk	mjólkini
genitive	mjólkar	mjólkarinnar

Note the lack of i-mutation in the genitive (from *melukiz ). Although the form would suggest a mutated **mýlkur, -jó- is not the original vowel (from *-eu-, as in tjóð ), but a product of a double vowel change, first fracture: meluk- > mjǫlk, and then lengthening: o/ǫ > ó before lk. Also, the ability of the -iz to effect an i-mutation on the first vowel is reduced by the intermediate -u-.

Derived terms

• mjólkardropi
• mjólkarsjokuláta
• mjólkarsýra
• kokusmjólk
• knívur mátti ikki fara í mjólk - bert skeið ella spónur og krúss - a knife may never go in milk - only scoop, spoon and mug

See also

• ostur
• smør
• kjøt
• ull

---

Icelandic

Wikipedia ^is

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjoul̥k/

  Rhymes: -oul̥k

Noun

mjólk f ‎(genitive singular mjólkur, no plural)

1. milk
2. any liquid resembling milk, as the liquid within a coconut (e.g. kókosmjólk), the juice or sap of certain plants (e.g. fíflamjólk), or various pharmaceutical preparations
3. (rare) milt from a fish

Declension

declension of mjólk

f-s3	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjólk	mjólkin
accusative	mjólk	mjólkina
dative	mjólk	mjólkinni
genitive	mjólkur	mjólkurinnar

Note the lack of i-mutation in the genitive (from *melukiz ). Although the form would suggest a mutated **mýlkur, -jó- is not the original vowel (from *-eu-, as in þjóð ), but a product of a double vowel change, first fracture: meluk- > mjǫlk, and then lengthening: o/ǫ > ó before lk. Also, the ability of the -iz to effect an i-mutation on the first vowel is reduced by the intermediate -u-.

Derived terms

Derived terms

brjóstamjólk fíflamjólk geitamjólk kúamjólk kókosmjólk kaplamjólk konumjólk léttmjólk mjólka mjólki mjólkun mjólkur mjólkurafurð mjólkurafurðir mjólkurbíll mjólkurblaðra mjólkurbrúsi mjólkurbú mjólkurbúð mjólkurbörkur mjólkurdúða mjólkurduft mjólkurdæla mjólkureftirlit mjólkureining mjólkurfeiti mjólkurferna mjólkurfita mjólkurfélag

mjólkurframleiðandi mjólkurfræði mjólkurhvíta mjólkurhyrna mjólkuriðnaður mjólkurís mjólkurjurt mjólkurkýr mjólkurlamb mjólkurlitur mjólkurmatur mjólkurpeningur mjólkurpóstur mjólkursali mjólkursamlag mjólkursamsala mjólkurskán mjólkursopi mjólkursótt mjólkursteinn mjólkurstöð mjólkursykur mjólkursýra mjólkursýrugerill mjólkurtrog mjólkurvara mjólkurþyrmill mjólkvi nýmjólk