Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wolkn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulkną.

Noun

*wolkn n[1]

cloud

Inflection

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

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)
  - Bavarian: Woikn
    - Mòcheno: bolkh

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”