milt

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
2. (countable, uncountable) The semen of a male fish.
3. (countable, uncountable) The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

Verb

To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Conceptes

melsa

llet

🥛

Sinònims

spleen

soft roe

fish semen

lien

liver

roe

lieno

spleno

fertilize

splenic organ

impregnate

inseminate

Traduccions

laitance

milt

bazo

lecha

rate

Milz

Milch

🥛

σπλήνα

Fischmilch

baço

hom

laite

milza

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɪlt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: milte

Heretat de anglès antic: milte

Cognat amb alemany: Milz

Cognat amb neerlandès: milt

Cognat amb danès: milt

Cognat amb noruec: milt

Cognat amb suec: mjälte

In summary

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.