meolc

Old English

Alternative forms

meoloc, meoluc, milc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me͜olk/, [me͜oɫk]

Noun

meolc f

milk

Declension

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Derived terms

melc
melcan
meolchwīt
sūr meolc
þiccu meolc
þynnu meolc

Descendants

Middle English: milk, mylk, melk, mulc
- English: milk (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: milk, melk, mylk

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