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Where does “wulken” come from?
wulken (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic wulkaną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.
Ancestry of “wulken”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
wulkaną
cloud
2
Proto-Indo-European
welg-
wet, damp
Words derived from “wulken”
Wulke
wulkich
wulkenloos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →
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