mjølk

Norwegian Nynorsk

/mjølk/

pronu-note
Definitions
  • milk
  • (botany) juice from plants that looks like milk.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mjolk 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

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