Where does “mjølkesyre” come from?
mjølkesyre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mjølk, from Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, from Old Norse mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic meluks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂melǵ- — to milk; milk.
mjølkesyre (Norwegian Bokmål): alternative form of melkesyre
Definitions
- alternative form of melkesyre
Ancestry of “mjølkesyre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mjølk | milk; imperative of mjølke |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mjølk | milk; juice from plants that looks like milk;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | mjǫlk | milk |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |