Where does “wolk” come from?

wolk (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “wolk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wolk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →