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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *melkaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmel.kɑz/

Adjective

*melkaz[1]

  1. giving milk, milch

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: meolc, melc
  • Old Saxon: *melk
    • Middle Low German: melk
  • Old Dutch: *melc
  • Old High German: melc, melk
    • Middle High German: mëlch
  • Old Norse: mjólk
    • Icelandic: mjólkur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølk (fastmjølk, lausmjølk)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*melkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
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