Milch Definition

mĭlch
adjective
Webster's New World
Giving milk.
A milch cow.
American Heritage

Origin of Milch

  • From Middle English milche, melch, from Old English meolc, meolce (“giving milk, milch"), from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÁlg- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk"). Cognate with Low German melke (“milch"), German melk (“milk-giving, milch"), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving"). More at milk.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English milche from Old English -milce (in thrīmilce May, month when cows can be milked thrice a day) melg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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