mælk

Danish

[ˈmɛlˀɡ̊]

noun
Definitions
  • milk
  • (rare) milt, roe the semen or reproductive organs of a male fish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mjolk inherited from Proto-Germanic *meluks (milk) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk, wipe off, wipe).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂melǵ-

Gloss

milk, wipe off, wipe

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
🍼 🐄 🐐 🐮 🥛 🧋

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms