Where does “wolku” come from?

wolku (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch wolk, from Middle Dutch wolke, from Old Dutch wulko, from Proto-West Germanic wolkn, from Proto-Germanic wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

wolku (Sranan Tongo): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “wolku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwolkcloud
2Middle Dutchwolkecloud
3Old Dutchwulko—
4Proto-West Germanicwolkncloud
5Proto-Germanicwulknącloud
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →