Where does “wolk” come from?

wolk (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wolken, from Proto-West Germanic wolkn, from Proto-Germanic wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

wolk (North Frisian): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “wolk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwolken—
2Proto-West Germanicwolkncloud
3Proto-Germanicwulknącloud
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulkną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wolkn →