Millich
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with Bavarian milich, Luxembourgish Mëllech, German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Danish mælk, Icelandic mjólk.
Noun
Millich f
Further reading
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 35
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiliç/
Noun
Millich f (plural Milliche)
- milk
- 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):
- "in Werklichkeed hon-ich nichs annerst wie meiner Mutter eere Millich bis heit gedrunk."
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):
Derived terms
- Millichflasch
- Millichkaffi
- Millichkennche
- Millichkocher
- Millichkrem
- Millichkuh
- Millichsies
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Millich”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 111
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German milch, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk. Compare German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk.
Noun
Millich f