mjólka

Icelandic

/ˈmjoul̥ka/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) to milk
  • (derived meaning) to make money from something
  • (transitive) to milk something, to make money or have news from someone
  • to give milk; as a mother breastfeeding

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse mjolka derived from Proto-Germanic *melukōną (milk, give 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

Kanji

乳

Emoji
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