Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melzivo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mlʲɛʑivɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mlʲɛʑivɔ/

Noun edit

mleziwo n

  1. colostrum, foremilk
    Hypernym: mleko
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 989:
      Mleszyvo colostrum
      [Mleziwo colostrum]

Descendants edit

  • Polish: młodziwo

Further reading edit