Welkin Definition

wĕlkĭn
noun
The vault of heaven, the sky, or the upper air.
Webster's New World
The upper air.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Welkin

Noun

Singular:
welkin
Plural:
welkins

Origin of Welkin

  • 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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Words Starting With

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