milch

Senso (Inglese)

1. (dated, not-comparable) Used to produce milk; dairy.
2. (dated, not-comparable) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Concetti

lattifero

🥛

sinonimi

dairy

milk

🥛

lactating

lacteal

milking

wet

Traduzioni

melk

γαλακτοφόρος

لبان

لبائن

لبون

lechero

حلوب

süt veren

لبن

🥛

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mɪlt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: milche

Ereditato da inglese antico: *melċe

Affine saterfriesisch: meelk

Affine basso tedesco: melke

Affine tedesco: Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke)

Affine tedesco svizzero: mëlch

Affine islandese: milkur

In summary

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.