Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wolkn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulkną.

Noun

*wolkn n^[1]

cloud

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wolkn
Genitive	*wolknas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wolkn	*wolknu
Accusative	*wolkn	*wolknu
Genitive	*wolknas	*wolknō
Dative	*wolknē	*wolknum
Instrumental	*wolknu	*wolknum

Derived terms

*wolknōn

Descendants

Old English: wolcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcen
- Middle English: welken (from plural wolcnu)
  - English: welkin
- Scots: walk, wak (from wolc)
Old Frisian: wolken, wulken, ulken
- North Frisian: wolk
- West Frisian: wolken, wolke, wolk
Old Saxon: wolkan, wolcan
- Middle Low German: wolken, wulken
Old Dutch: uulcun, wulkon
- Middle Dutch: wolken
Old High German: wolkan, wolcan
- Middle High German: wolken, wulken n or f or m
  - Bavarian: Woikn, Wolkn
  - Yiddish: וואָלקן (volkn⁩)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*wolkn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*wolkn”

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wolkn

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