Where does “wolkan” come from?

wolkan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

wolkan (Old Saxon): cloud; clouds; sky, heavens

Definitions

  1. cloud; clouds; sky, heavens

Ancestry of “wolkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwulknącloud
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

Words derived from “wolkan”

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