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
Ancestry of “wolk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wolk | cloud |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wolke | cloud |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wulko | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wolkn | cloud |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wulkną | cloud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welg- | wet, damp |