Where does “wolke” come from?

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

wolke (Middle Dutch): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “wolke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wolke”

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