Re: melken, Milch, Molke

>Why has no one pointed out that German _Milch_ goes back
>to OHG _miluh_ with a vowel before the _h_, whereas
>German _melken_ goes back to OHG _melc(h)an_?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/43542

and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/43506

for modern dialectal variants, in which that vowel
has been preserved:

e.g. (Oberdeutsch) Mili, Mile, Müli;
(Mitteldeutsch) Millisch

George