*melkaną

Runic: ᛗᛖᛚᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmel.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to milk (get milk from an animal)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularmelkōmelkaų–
2nd singularmilkizimelkaizmelk
3rd singularmilkidimelkaimelkadau
1st dualmelkōzmelkaiw–
2nd dualmelkadizmelkaidizmelkadiz
1st pluralmelkamazmelkaim–
2nd pluralmilkidmelkaidmilkid
3rd pluralmelkandimelkainmelkandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularmelkai–
2nd singularmelkazaimelkaizau
3rd singularmelkadaimelkaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralmelkandaimelkaindau
2nd pluralmelkandaimelkaindau
3rd pluralmelkandaimelkaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularmalkmulkį̄
2nd singularmalhtmulkīz
3rd singularmalkmulkī
1st dualmulkūmulkīw
2nd dualmulkudizmulkīdiz
1st pluralmulkummulkīm
2nd pluralmulkudmulkīd
3rd pluralmulkunmulkīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
melkaną melkandz mulkanaz

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Descendants

  • *melkan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *melkan (Old Dutch)
      • melken (Middle Dutch)
        • melken (Dutch)
  • *melkan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • melcan, meolcan (Old English)
      • mylken, milke, melke, mulke (Middle English)
        • milk (English)
        • mulke (Yola)
  • *melkan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • melka (Old Frisian)
      • molke (North Frisian)
      • meelke (Saterland Frisian)
      • melke, meltse (West Frisian)
  • *melkan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • melkan, melchan (Old High German)
      • mëlken, mëlchen (Middle High German)
        • melken (German)
          • melki (Esperanto)
  • *melkan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *melkan (Old Saxon)
      • melken (Middle Low German)
        • melken (Low German)

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