mjǫlk

See also: mjólk and mjölk

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• mjolk, mjólk, miolk — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Old Saxon miluk, Old Frisian meluk, Old English meolc, meoluc, Old Dutch miloch, miluk, Old High German miluh, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

Noun

mjǫlk f (genitive mjǫlkr)

1. milk

Declension

  Declension of mjǫlk (strong consonant stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkin
accusative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkina
dative	mjǫlk	mjǫlkinni
genitive	mjǫlkr	mjǫlkrinnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: mjólk
• Faroese: mjólk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølk; (dialectal) mjolk, mjelk
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: mjølk
• Elfdalian: mjok
• Old Swedish: miolk, miølk
  • Swedish: mjölk
• Old Danish: mialk, miælk, mælk, miølk
  • Danish: mælk
    • Norwegian Bokmål: melk
  • Scanian: milk, mjælk
• Gutnish: mjalk, mjälk, mjölk