Etymology

milky

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Today it means: Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk. Full definition →

Middle English mylky
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommylky
  2. English todaymilky

From Middle English mylky, melky; equivalent to milk + -y. Compare with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.

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