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die.

breast milk, mother's milk, when sucked from the breast

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/diːə/[ˈd̥iːə]
  1. breast milk, mother's milk, when sucked from the breast

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish di, from Old Norse *día, from Proto-Germanic *dijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Latin fellō, Sanskrit धयति (dhayati, “to suck”). Compare causative dægge, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”). The noun is derived from the verb.

verb/diːə/[ˈd̥iːə]
  1. to suckle

  2. to breastfeed

    proscribed · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish di, from Old Norse *día, from Proto-Germanic *dijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Latin fellō, Sanskrit धयति (dhayati, “to suck”). Compare causative dægge, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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