milt
English
/mɪlt/
noun
Definitions
- The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
- The semen of a male fish.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English milte inherited from Old English milte inherited from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (spleen) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (crush, beat, grind, weaken, melt, soften, smelt, make weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)meld-
Gloss
crush, beat, grind, weaken, melt, soften, smelt, make weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- milter English
- miltwaste English
- waste English
- Milz German
- Milzbrand German
- milt Dutch, Flemish
- miltvuur Dutch, Flemish
- μέλδομαι Ancient Greek
- *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European
- *maltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *meltǭ Proto-Germanic
- *miltiją Proto-Germanic
- *smultaz Proto-Germanic
- mjälte Swedish
- milte Old English
- milte Middle English
- milti Old Norse
- milt Danish
- milte Middle Dutch
- milze Middle High German
- *smalt gmw-pro
- *milta Old Dutch
- miielte Old Swedish
- milte Old Frisian
- Milte Saterland Frisian