Contionary:melkorm
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mʲelkʊrm/
Etymology
From an Indo-European substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mel ("soft, weak, tender"). Cf. Romanian melc ("snail"), 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 |