mjølke
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mjølk (“milk”), or from Old Norse mjolka, molka, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish malke, Swedish mjölka, Faroese and Icelandic mjólka, Dutch and German melken, and English milk.
Verb
[edit]mjølke (imperative mjølk, present tense mjølker, passive mjølkes, simple past and past participle mjølka or mjølket, present participle mjølkende)
- alternative form of melke
References
[edit]- “mjølke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]mjølke (present tense mjølkar, past tense mjølka, past participle mjølka, passive infinitive mjølkast, present participle mjølkande, imperative mjølke/mjølk)
- e-infinitive form of mjølka (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
Etymology 2
[edit]From the noun mjølk (“milk”). The first sense is due to its whitish colour. The botanical senses have to do with an old belief that ingestion in cows was good for milk production.
Noun
[edit]mjølke m (definite singular mjølken, indefinite plural mjølkar, definite plural mjølkane)
- (uncountable) milt; semen of male fish
- (botany) willowherb (plant of the genus Epilobium)
- (botany) fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
- Synonym: geitrams
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mjølke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂melǵ-
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- nn:Plants
- nn:Bodily fluids
- nn:Liquids