milky
The origin and history of milky.
Etymology
Came into English from Middle English mylky or melky, equivalent to milk + -y. It is cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig ("milky"), West Frisian molkich ("milky"), Dutch melkig ("milky"), German Low German melkig ("milky"), German milchig ("milky"), Danish mælkig ("milky"), Swedish mjölkig ("milky"), and Icelandic mjólkugur ("milky"), and is a doublet of milchig.
