melc

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Noun

melc f or n

  1. milk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “melc (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “melc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Dacian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Compare Breton melc’hwed (“snails”), Welsh malwod (“snails”), Latin mollis (“soft”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”).

Noun

melc m (plural melci)

  1. snail

Declension
declension of melc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) melc melcul (niște) melci melcii
genitive/dative (unui) melc melcului (unor) melci melcilor
vocative melcule melcilor
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