melk

Dutch (Brabantic)

/mɛlk/

noun
Definitions
  • milk nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother
  • milk nutritious liquid derived from vegetable sources, sometimes as a deliberate substitute of mammalian milk
  • (botany) Various resembling 'milky' juices, as secreted by certain plants and insects

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch melc inherited from Old Dutch miluk 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

Kanji

乳

Emoji
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