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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”

  • wilt
  • wilted
  • wilting
  • welkin
  • welk
  • unwilted
  • wiltingly
  • wiltedness
  • unwilting
  • wiltable
  • welkne
  • welken
  • wolkne
  • wolcen
  • wolcnu
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