milch

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Synoniemen

dairy

milk

🥛

lactating

lacteal

milking

wet

Vertalingen

γαλακτοφόρος

melk

لبان

لبائن

لبون

lattifero

🥛

lechero

حلوب

süt veren

لبن

🥛

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɪlt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: milche

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *melċe

Verwant aan Saterfries: meelk

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: melke

Verwant aan Duits: Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke)

Verwant aan Zwitserduits: mëlch

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.