mjǫlk

See also: mjólk and mjölk

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Old Saxon miluk, Old Frisian meluk, Old English meolc, meoluc, Old Dutch miloch, miluk, Old High German miluh, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

Noun

mjǫlk f (genitive mjǫlkr)

  1. milk

Declension
  Declension of mjǫlk (strong consonant stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative mjǫlk mjǫlkin
accusative mjǫlk mjǫlkina
dative mjǫlk mjǫlkinni
genitive mjǫlkr mjǫlkrinnar

Descendants
  • Icelandic: mjólk
  • Faroese: mjólk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølk; (dialectal) mjolk, mjelk[1]
  • Elfdalian: mjok
  • Old Swedish: miolk, miølk
  • Old Danish: mialk, miælk, mælk, miølk
  • Gutnish: mjalk, mjälk, mjölk

References
  1. “mjølk” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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