Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian melok, Old Saxon miluk, Old Dutch miluk, miloch, Old High German miluh, Old Norse mjǫlk, and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 ‎(miluks). Indo-European cognates include Latin mulgeō, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω ‎(amélgō), Russian моло́зиво ‎(molózivo), Lithuanian mélžti, Welsh blith, Tocharian A malke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meolk/