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. giving milk, milch

Inflection

Declension of *melkaz (a-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*melkaz	*milkai	*melkō	*melkôz	*melką, *-at(ō)	*melkō
accusative	*melkanǭ	*melkanz	*melkǭ	*melkōz	*melką, *-at(ō)	*melkō
genitive	*melkas, *milkis	*milkaizǫ̂	*milkaizōz	*milkaizǫ̂	*melkas, *milkis	*milkaizǫ̂
dative	*melkammai	*milkaimaz	*milkaizōi	*milkaimaz	*melkammai	*milkaimaz
instrumental	*melkanō	*milkaimiz	*milkaizō	*milkaimiz	*melkanō	*milkaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*melkô	*melkaniz	*melkǭ	*melkōniz	*melkô	*melkōnō
accusative	*melkanų	*melkanunz	*melkōnų	*melkōnunz	*melkô	*melkōnō
genitive	*milkiniz	*melkanǫ̂	*melkōniz	*melkōnǫ̂	*milkiniz	*melkanǫ̂
dative	*milkini	*melkammaz	*melkōni	*melkōmaz	*milkini	*melkammaz
instrumental	*milkinē	*melkammiz	*melkōnē	*melkōmiz	*milkinē	*melkammiz

Descendants

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