adj
milch
Milch (adj) means Kept for producing milk.
adj
1
Kept for producing milk.
2
Presently giving milk to feed its young.
3
(archaic) Soft-hearted, pitiable, or tearful.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz, from Proto-Germanic *melkaz ("milky, milk-giving"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- ("to wipe, wipe off, milk"). It is cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk ("milch"), Low German melke ("milch"), German melk ("milk-giving, milch"), Alemannic German mëlch ("milch, milkable") and Icelandic milkur, mjólkur ("milk-giving"). See also milk, and compare milchig.
Rhymes for milch
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What is the meaning of milch?
"milch" (adj) means kept for producing milk.
What are the different meanings of milch?
"milch" has 3 main meanings: 1. Kept for producing milk; 2. Presently giving milk to feed its young; 3. (archaic) Soft-hearted, pitiable, or tearful.
