mëlch

See also: mélch

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mëlch, melk, from Old High German melch, from Proto-West Germanic *melk, from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with German melk, Low German melke, Saterland Frisian meelk, English milch, Icelandic milkur, mjólkur.

Adjective

mëlch (Uri)

(of cows) milch, milkable
(of animal fodder) Containing nutrients that help promote milk production in cows.

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 17.

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