melken

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To milk a (farm) animal.
 * 2)  To play meekly, without risk, notably in duel ball sports like tennis.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

The consonantism -lk- is regular High German. The difference between and  is due to the fact that the latter used to have a short vowel after -l- (Old High German ). Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
 * 2)  to drain; to draw from (someone or something), especially without consent; to milk (someone) for money, information, etc.

Usage notes

 * Melken has full sets of both strong and weak forms, both being accepted as standard. The past participle gemolken is considerably more common than gemelkt. Otherwise there is possibly a tendency to prefer the strong forms in the northern half of the German Sprachraum and the weak forms in the southern half.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) To milk.
 * 2) To draw in, to pull.
 * 3) To lure.