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Where does “hwalbą” come from?

hwalbą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

hwalbą (Proto-Germanic): vault, arch

Definitions

  1. vault, arch

Ancestry of “hwalbą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelp-to bend; to curve, arch
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “hwalbą”

  • whelm
  • whemmel
  • unwhelm
  • whemmle
  • kassavalv
  • tunnvalv
  • valv
  • whelmen
  • hwealfnian
  • hwealf
  • hwealmnian
  • hvalf
  • hvalf
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