Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulkną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulkną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wulkaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“moist; wet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwulk.nɑ̃/

Noun

*wulkną n

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Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wulkną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wulkną	*wulknō
vocative	*wulkną	*wulknō
accusative	*wulkną	*wulknō
genitive	*wulknas, *wulknis	*wulknǫ̂
dative	*wulknai	*wulknamaz
instrumental	*wulknō	*wulknamiz

Synonyms

• *wulknaz
• *wulkō

Related terms

• *welkaz

Descendants

• Old English: wolcn, wolcen, weolcen n
  • Middle English: wolkne, wolken, welkne, welken, walkne, walken
    • English: welkin
    • Scots: walk, wak
• Old Frisian: wulken, wolken n
  • West Frisian: wolken, wolke, wolk
• Old Saxon: wolkan n
  • Middle Low German: wolken n
• Old High German: wolkan, wolcan n
  • Middle High German: wolken n or f or m
    • German: Wolken n or f (obsolete); Wolke f (merged with descendant of *wulkō)