mjólk – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of mjólk

Noun: mjólk
Gender: f
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.mjólk
Sg. Def.mjólkin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.mjólkur
Sg. Def.mjólkurinnar

Dative

Sg. Indef.mjólk
Sg. Def.mjólkinni

Accusative

Sg. Indef.mjólk
Sg. Def.mjólkina

Sample Sentences

Etymology

1. From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.
2. Note the lack of i-mutation in the genitive (from *melukiz). Although the form would suggest a mutated **mýlkur, -jó- is not the original vowel (from *-eu-, as in þjóð), but a product of a double vowel change, first fracture: meluk- > mjǫlk, and then lengthening: o/ǫ > ó before lk. Also, the ability of the -iz to effect an i-mutation on the first vowel is reduced by the intermediate -u-. See: Old Norse Nouns 'mjǫlk', Swedish Nouns 'mjölk', English Nouns 'milk'.

Verbs referencing "mjólk"

English Nouns milk, Swedish Nouns mjölk, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns melk, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns mjølk, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns mjølk, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns mjåkk.

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