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Where does “hwealf” come from?

hwealf (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *hwalbaz.

hwealf (Old English): vault, arch; arched, vaulted, hollow, concave,...

Definitions

  1. vault, arch; arched, vaulted, hollow, concave,...

Ancestry of “hwealf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hwalbaz—

Words derived from “hwealf”

  • whelm
  • whemmel
  • unwhelm
  • whemmle
  • whelmen
  • hwealfnian
  • hwealmnian
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