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Where does “Wolke” come from?

Wolke (German) comes from Middle High German wolken, from Old High German wolkan, from Proto-Germanic wulkaną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

Wolke (German): cloud, a visible mass of condensed water droplets...

Definitions

  1. cloud, a visible mass of condensed water droplets...

Ancestry of “Wolke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwolkencloud
2Old High Germanwolkan—
3Proto-Germanicwulkanącloud
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

Words derived from “Wolke”

  • Gaswolke
  • wolkenfrei
  • wolkenlos
  • Pilzwolke
  • Regenwolke
  • Wolkenbildung
  • Wolkenbruch
  • Aschewolke
  • Wolkenkratzer
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