Where does “welp” come from?

welp (Middle English) comes from Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic hwelpaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kale-.

welp (Middle English): Alternative form of whelp

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of whelp

Ancestry of “welp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwhelpA whelp; An unknown kind of mechanical machine or...
2Old Englishhwelppuppy; cub, pup
3Proto-West Germanic*hwelpwhelp, pup
4Proto-Germanichwelpazwhelp, pup
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kale-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwelpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp →