Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/meluk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks.

Noun

*meluk f

  1. milk

Inflection

Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *meluk
Genitive *meluki
Singular Plural
Nominative *meluk *meluki
Accusative *meluku *meluki
Genitive *meluki *melukō
Dative *meluki *melukum
Instrumental *meluki *melukum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: meolc, meoloc, meoluc, milc
    • Middle English: milk, milke, milc, melke, melc (chiefly Kent and southwest Midlands), mulk, mulc (chiefly Southern and southwest Midlands)
      • English: milk
      • English: (Ottawa-Valley) melk
      • Scots: milk, melk, mylk
      • Yola: mulk
  • Old Frisian: melok (all descendants are merged with molken < *mulknō)
  • Old Saxon: miluk
  • Old Dutch: miloc, milic, milec
    • Middle Dutch: melc
      • Dutch: melk
        • Afrikaans: melk
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: meleke
        • Jersey Dutch: määlk
        • Negerhollands: melk
        • → Aukan: meliki
        • → Caribbean Javanese: mèleg, mèrki
        • → Munsee: mălák
        • → Saramaccan: meíki
        • → Sranan Tongo: merki
          • → Kari'na: meliki
        • → Tok Pisin: melek
      • Limburgish: mèlk
  • Old High German: miluh
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