English Explanatory Dictionary

milch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/mɪlt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-milch.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-milch.wav

Word forms

milch

Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), 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. Compare milchig.

Derived words

milch camel milch cow milch goat milch-maid milch-wench milch-woman milchy non-milch
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