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melc

Pronunciation: /melk/

“melc” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. giving milk

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *melkaz. As with melcan, the monophthong is inherited; the alternative form meolc has its diphthong leveled in from the noun.

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