mjølke
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
From mjølk (“milk”), or from Old Norse mjolka, molka, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish malke, Swedish mjölka, Faroese and Icelandic mjólka, Dutch and German melken, and English milk.
Verb Edit
mjølke (imperative mjølk, present tense mjølker, passive mjølkes, simple past and past participle mjølka or mjølket, present participle mjølkende)
- alternative form of melke
References Edit
- “mjølke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Verb Edit
mjølke (present tense mjølkar, past tense mjølka, past participle mjølka, passive infinitive mjølkast, present participle mjølkande, imperative mjølke/mjølk)
- e-infinitive form of mjølka (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
Etymology 2 Edit
From the noun mjølk (“milk”). The first sense is due to its whitish colour. The botanical senses have to do with an old belief that ingestion in cows was good for milk production.
Noun Edit
mjølke m (definite singular mjølken, indefinite plural mjølkar, definite plural mjølkane)
- (uncountable) milt; semen of male fish
- (botany) willowherb (plant of the genus Epilobium)
- (botany) fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
- Synonym: geitrams
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “mjølke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.