Where does “hwelp” come from?
hwelp (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic hwelpaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kale-.
hwelp (Old Saxon): a whelp, pup
Ancestry of “hwelp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *hwelp | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hwelpaz | whelp, pup |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kale- | — |