different between milch vs pilch

English

Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *mel?e, *mil?e (attested in þrimil?e, þrimel?es m?naþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?mel?- (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?lt??/
• Rhymes: -?lt?

Adjective

milch (not comparable)

1. (dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy.
2. (dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis"

     She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.

   • you must house your Milch-cows

3. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Usage notes

• Used in terms such as milch cow or milch goat.

Derived terms

• milch-maid
• milch-wench
• milch-woman
• milchy

Translations

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• meljch, mélch, mélläch

Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic ???????????????????????? (miluks).

Noun

milch f

1. (Issime, Carcoforo) milk

References

• “milch” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• milach (Timau)
• milich (Sauris)

Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic ???????????????????????? (miluks).

Noun

milch f

1. (Sappada) milk

References

• “milch” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic ???????????????????????? (miluks).

Noun

milch f

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) milk

References

• “milch” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks (“milk”). Cognate with German Milch, English milk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milx/

Noun

milch f

1. milk

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Saxon pyl?e, pyle?e, Latin pellicia. See pelisse, and pelt (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lt?/

Noun

pilch (plural pilches)

1. (obsolete) A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
2. (archaic) a covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet
   • 1884, Sophia Jex- Blake, The Care of Infants: A Manual for Mothers and Nurses, Macmillan (1884), page 6:

     It used to be the fashion to put a second thick covering or "pilch" over the napkin to keep the outer clothes from wet; but this is by no means healthy, as it over-heats this part of the body, and is often a mere excuse for neglecting the frequent changes that should be made, so that the skin is apt to become sodden, and subsequently sore, from damp heat.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?lx?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ilx/

Noun

pilch m anim

1. edible dormouse (Glis glis)

   Synonym: popielica

Declension

Descendants

• German: Bilch

Further reading

• pilch in Polish dictionaries at PWN