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milch

[milch]
–adjective
(of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME milche; cf. OE -milce (in thrimilce the month of May, i.e., the month when cows could be milked thrice a day); see milk
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milch   (mĭlch)   
adj.  Giving milk: a milch cow.

[Middle English milche, from Old English -milce (in thrīmilce, May, month when cows can be milked thrice a day); see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
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milch  (adj.)
"giving milk," from O.E. -milce "milking," from W.Gmc. *melik- "milk" (see milk).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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