mjølke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mjølk (“milk”), or from Old Norse mjolka, molka, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish malke, Swedish mjölka, Faroese and Icelandic mjólka, Dutch and German melken, and English milk.

Verb

mjølke (imperative mjølk, present tense mjølker, passive mjølkes, simple past and past participle mjølka or mjølket, present participle mjølkende)

1. alternative form of melke

References

• “mjølke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mjølka

Etymology

From Old Norse mjolka

Verb

mjølke (present tense mjølkar, past tense mjølka, past participle mjølka, passive infinitive mjølkast, present participle mjølkande, imperative mjølke/mjølk)

1. to milk (something)

References

• “mjølke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.