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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *melukōną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_melukōną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_melukona" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melukōną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>melukōną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈme.lu.kɔː.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᛖᛚᚢᚲᛟᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 2</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to milk</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to give milk</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *meluks (‘milk’) + *-ōną.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>melukō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>melukǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>melukōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōsi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōsai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōsau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>melukōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>melukōw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>melukōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>melukōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>melukōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>melukōdēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>melukōdēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>melukōdēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>melukōdēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>melukōdēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>melukōdēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>melukōndz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>melukōdaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>melukōną</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*melukōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>meolcian, milcian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>melken, milken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>milk</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>melk, mylk, milk</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*melukōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*melokia, *melkia</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>melkje, meltsje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*melukōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*melkōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>melken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>melken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjǫlka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjǫlka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>?, mjølka, mjelka, mjolke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>mjølke, mjelke</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjǫlka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>maalke, molke, mælke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>malke, mælke</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>melke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjǫlka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>miolka, molka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>mjölka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>molka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>molka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>?, mjølka, mjelka, mjolke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>mjølke, mjelke</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>molka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>maalke, molke, mælke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>malke, mælke</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>melke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>molka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>miolka, molka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>mjölka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>?, mjølka, mjelka, mjolke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>mjølke, mjelke</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>maalke, molke, mælke</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>malke, mælke</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>melke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mjólka</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>miolka, molka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>mjölka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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