Danish

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse mjolka, from Proto-Germanic *melukōną (to milk, to give milk), cognate with Norwegian mjölka, Swedish mjölka, English milk. Old Danish molkæ and Old Norse molka go back to a different form, *mulkōną. Germanic also had a strong verb, *melkaną (to milk), surviving in Dutch melken and German melken. All these words are derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (to milk), which is also the source of Latin mulgeō, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō), and the Germanic words for "milk", cf. Danish mælk.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

malke (imperative malk, infinitive at malke, present tense malker, past tense malkede, perfect tense har malket)

  1. to milk
  2. (figuratively) to milk (for money)

Conjugation

edit
edit

See also

edit

Tocharian A

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, whence also English milk. Compare Tocharian B malkwer.

Noun

edit

malke

  1. milk
edit