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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melkaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *melkaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmel.kɑz/
Adjective
*melkaz[1]
- giving milk, milch
Inflection
Declension of *melkaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *melkaz | *milkai | *melkō | *melkôz | *melką, *-at(ō) | *melkō |
| accusative | *melkanǭ | *melkanz | *melkǭ | *melkōz | *melką, *-at(ō) | *melkō |
| genitive | *melkas, *milkis | *milkaizǫ̂ | *milkaizōz | *milkaizǫ̂ | *melkas, *milkis | *milkaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *melkammai | *milkaimaz | *milkaizōi | *milkaimaz | *melkammai | *milkaimaz |
| instrumental | *melkanō | *milkaimiz | *milkaizō | *milkaimiz | *melkanō | *milkaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *melkô | *melkaniz | *melkǭ | *melkōniz | *melkô | *melkōnō |
| accusative | *melkanų | *melkanunz | *melkōnų | *melkōnunz | *melkô | *melkōnō |
| genitive | *milkiniz | *melkanǫ̂ | *melkōniz | *melkōnǫ̂ | *milkiniz | *melkanǫ̂ |
| dative | *milkini | *melkammaz | *melkōni | *melkōmaz | *milkini | *melkammaz |
| instrumental | *milkinē | *melkammiz | *melkōnē | *melkōmiz | *milkinē | *melkammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: meolc, melc
- Old Saxon: *melk
- Middle Low German: melk
- Old Dutch: *melc
- Middle Dutch: melc
- Old High German: melc, melk
- Middle High German: mëlch
- Alemannic German: mëlch
- German: melk
- Middle High German: mëlch
- Old Norse: mjólk
- Icelandic: mjólkur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølk (fastmjølk, lausmjølk)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*melkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267