milch

Meaning

1. Used to produce milk; dairy.
2. Currently producing milk for its offspring.
3. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Synonyms

dairy

milk

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lactating

lacteal

milking

wet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪlt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: milche

Inherited from Old English: *melċe

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: meelk

Cognate with Low German: melke

Cognate with German: Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke)

Cognate with Swiss German: mëlch

Cognate with Icelandic: 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 Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke) (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.