< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weluk
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from a Proto-Germanic *welukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welH-.
Noun
*weluk m
- whelk
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *weluk | |
Genitive | *welukas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *weluk | *welukō, *welukōs |
Accusative | *weluk | *welukā |
Genitive | *welukas | *welukō |
Dative | *welukē | *welukum |
Instrumental | *weluku | *welukum |
Descendants
- Old English: weoloc, weluc, weolc, weoluc, wiloc, wioloc, wyloc
- Middle English: welk, welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
- English: whelk, welk, whilk, wilk
- Scots: wulk, wilk, welk
- → Old French: welke
- Middle English: welk, welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
- Old Dutch: *wiluc, *weluc
- Middle Dutch: willoc, wilc, welc
- Dutch: wulk
- → West Frisian: wulk
- West Flemish: willok, wullok
- Dutch: wulk
- Middle Dutch: willoc, wilc, welc
References
- “whelk, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “whelk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.