Where does “wolcn” come from?

wolcn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wolkn, from Proto-Germanic wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

wolcn (Old English): cloud; the sky, the heavens

Definitions

  1. cloud; the sky, the heavens

Ancestry of “wolcn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwolkncloud
2Proto-Germanicwulknącloud
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

Words derived from “wolcn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulkną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wolkn →