Contionary:melkorm
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
- 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 |