An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Molke

by Friedrich Kluge

Molke, feminine, ‘whey,’ from Middle High German molken, molchen (also with u-ü instead of o), neuter, ‘whey,’ also ‘milk and that which is prepared from milk’; Old High German *molchan is wanting. Anglo-Saxon molcen, neuter, testifies, however, to the antiquity of Middle High German molken, which is a derivative of melken, Teutonic root melk; compare melken and Milch.