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Where does “wiloc” come from?

wiloc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic welukaz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “wiloc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwelukazsnail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “wiloc”

  • whelk
  • whelked
  • whelky
  • whelke
  • welke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →