milch

Meanings

Adjective

giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production
- "milch goats, milch camels"

Adj

Used to produce milk; dairy.
Currently producing milk for its offspring.
Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk.

Scrabble Score: 12

milch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
milch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
milch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

milch is a valid Words With Friends word