milch

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English

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Etymology

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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.

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Adjective

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milch (not comparable)

  1. (dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy.
    • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle:
      so many cattle [] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce [] Texas steers.
  2. (dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
    • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: [] Richard Field, [], →OCLC:
      She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.
    • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. [], London: [] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock [], and J[onathan] Robinson [], →OCLC:
      you must house your Milch-cows
  3. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

Noun

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milch f

  1. (Issime, Carcoforo) milk

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

Noun

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milch f

  1. (Sappada) milk

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

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milch f

  1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) milk

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Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks (milk). Cognate with German Milch, English milk.

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Noun

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milch f

  1. milk

References

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  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.