Melk
/mɛlk/noun
A Scots word meaning milk, or to milk.
Did you know?The same ancient root behind melk ultimately appears in Latin words for drawing or extracting, including the ancestry of “emulsion,” linking milk with the idea of a substance being pulled out.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂melǵ-
“To milk or draw milk from an animal”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*meluks
“Milk”
Old English
OE
meolc
“Milk”
Middle English
ME
melk
“Milk; a form influenced by northern Germanic speech”
Modern Scots
Scots
melk
“Milk; to milk”