Where does “welk” come from?

welk (Middle English) comes from Old English weoloc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk — whelk.

welk (Middle English): whelk sea snail

Definitions

  1. whelk sea snail

Ancestry of “welk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweolocwhelk
2Proto-West Germanic*welukwhelk

Words derived from “welk”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weluk →Every word from Old English weoloc →
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