Contionary:melkorm

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Niemish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmʲelkʊrm/

Etymology

From Balkan substrate vocabulary, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mel ("soft", "weak", "tender"). Cf. Welsh malwod ("snails"), Latin mollis ("soft"), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”) + native wórm ("worm").

Folk etymology commonly analyses it as mílk ("milk") + wórm ("worm").

Noun

² mélkorm n.m. hard stem

  1. snail

Declension

declension of mélkorm (mh declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mélkorm mélkorman mélkorms mélkormas
genitive mílkurms mílkurmes mílkurme mílkurmse
dative mélkorm mélkormum mélkormą mélkormę