melken
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mɛlkə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- to milk
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch melken inherited from Old Dutch *melkan inherited from Proto-Germanic *melkaną 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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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- milk English
- promulge English
- vaccimulgence English
- *mungere Latin
- melca Latin
- mulctrum Latin
- mulgēre Latin
- mulierem, mulier Latin
- promulgatus Latin
- ēmulgeō Latin
- Melkkuh German
- melken German
- geit Dutch, Flemish
- geitenmelker Dutch, Flemish
- hoendermelker Dutch, Flemish
- huisjesmelker Dutch, Flemish
- melkbaar Dutch, Flemish
- melker Dutch, Flemish
- ontmelken Dutch, Flemish
- μέλκιον Ancient Greek
- ἀμέλγω Ancient Greek
- *h₂melǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ml̥ǵtu- Proto-Indo-European
- *ml̥ǵtu Proto-Indo-European
- *melkaną Proto-Germanic
- *melkaz Proto-Germanic
- *meluks Proto-Germanic
- *melukōną Proto-Germanic
- *milikijaz Proto-Germanic
- meolcan Old English
- mjolka Old Norse
- malke Danish
- *melko Proto-Slavic
- *melzivo Proto-Slavic
- melki Esperanto
- melken Middle Dutch
- melchan Old High German
- fholc, imb-folc Old Irish
- *melkan Old Dutch
- *mligeti Proto-Celtic
- *mlixtus Proto-Celtic
- melka Old Frisian
- *melj́-ō Proto-Albanian
- *melźtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- malkwer Tocharian B
- mȧlkja Vilamovian
- malke Tocharian A