malke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mjolka, from Proto-Germanic *melukōną (“to milk, to give milk”), cognate with Norwegian mjölka, Swedish mjölka, English milk. Old Danish molkæ and Old Norse molka go back to a different form, *mulkōną. Germanic also had a strong verb, *melkaną (“to milk”), surviving in Dutch melken and German melken. All these words are derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to milk”), which is also the source of Latin mulgeō, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō), and the Germanic words for "milk", cf. Danish mælk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmalɡ̊ə]

Verb

malke (imperative malk, infinitive at malke, present tense malker, past tense malkede, perfect tense har malket)

  1. to milk
  2. (figuratively) to milk (for money)

Conjugation
Conjugation of malke
Active Passive
Infinitive malke malkes
Present tense malker malkes
Past tense malkede malkedes
Imperative malk -
Participle
Present malkende
Past malket
Gerund malken

See also

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, whence also English milk. Compare Tocharian B malkwer.

Noun

malke

  1. milk
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