Where does “wolk” come from?

wolk (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch wolk, from Middle Dutch wolke, from Old Dutch wulko, from Proto-West Germanic wolkn, from Proto-Germanic wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

wolk (Afrikaans): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “wolk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwolkcloud
2Middle Dutchwolkecloud
3Old Dutchwulko—
4Proto-West Germanicwolkncloud
5Proto-Germanicwulknącloud
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

Words derived from “wolk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulkną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wolkn →
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