Etymology

milchig

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Today it means: Dairy, containing anything derived from milk. Full definition →

Yiddish מילכיק ← German milchig
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  1. German · borrowed frommilchig“milky”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromמילכיק
  3. English todaymilchig

From Yiddish מילכיק (milkhik) with the spelling influenced by German, or else borrowed directly from German milchig (“milky”). Doublet of milky.

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