Maltese edit

Etymology edit

From Italian milza or perhaps a Sicilian equivalent, from Lombardic Old High German milzi, from Proto-Germanic *miltiją.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

milsa f (plural milsiet)

  1. spleen

Piedmontese edit

Etymology edit

From Lombardic or Old High German milza, from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ. Cognate with German Milz, English milt.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

milsa f (plural milse)

  1. spleen