# milch
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke) (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɪlt͡ʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪltʃ

### Adjective

milch (not comparable)
* (dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy.
** 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle:so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.
* (dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
** 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.
** 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:you must house your Milch-cows
* (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

#### Usage notes

* Used in terms such as milch cow or milch goat.

#### Derived terms

* milch camel
* milch cow
* milch goat
* milch-maid
* milch-wench
* milch-woman
* milchy
* non-milch

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## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* meljch, mélch, mélläch

### Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

### Noun

milch f
* (Issime, Carcoforo) milk

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* milach (Timau)
* milich (Sauris)

### Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

### Noun

milch f
* (Sappada) milk

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

### Noun

milch f
* (Luserna, Sette Comuni) milk

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks (“milk”). Cognate with German Milch, English milk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /milx/

### Noun

milch f
* milk

### References

* Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.