Welkin Definition
wĕlkĭn
noun
The vault of heaven, the sky, or the upper air.
Webster's New World
The upper air.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Welkin
Noun
Singular:
welkin
Plural:
welkinsOrigin of Welkin
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From Middle English welkne, wolkne (“clouds, heavens"), from Old English wolcnu (“clouds"), plural of wolcen (“cloud"), from Proto-Germanic *wulkanÄ…, *wulkō, *wulkô (“cloud"), from Proto-Indo-European *welg-, *welk- (“wet, moist"). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud"), Dutch welken (“to wither"), Low German Wulke (“cloud"), German Wolke (“cloud"), German welken (“to wither"). More at welk.
From Wiktionary
Middle English welken from Old English wolcen, weolcen cloud
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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