Milch

German (Berlin)

/mɪlç/

noun
Definitions
  • milk white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume
  • milk white or whitish liquid that is exuded by certain plants
  • white liquid that is a mixture of other substances, where one of the components is very finely distributed
  • white semen of a male fish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German milch inherited from Old High German miluh inherited from Proto-Germanic *meluks (milk) derived 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

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