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Where does “walgen” come from?

walgen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch walgen, from Old Dutch walgon, from Proto-Germanic walgōną, from Proto-Indo-European wolk-, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

walgen (Dutch): to cause to become nauseated, to disgust; to...

Definitions

  1. to cause to become nauseated, to disgust; to...

Ancestry of “walgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwalgento be nauseated; to be abhorred
2Old Dutchwalgon—
3Proto-Germanicwalgōnąto roll
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwolk-to roll
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
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