wel·kinOrigin of welkin
Middle English welkne from Old English wolcen, cloud, akin to German wolke from Indo-European base an unverified form welg-, wet from source Old Russian vologa, broth, Russian Volga
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noun
ArchaicOrigin of welkin
Middle English welken from Old English wolcen, weolcen cloud
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From Middle English welkne, wolkne (“clouds, heavens"), from Old English wolcnu (“clouds"), plural of wolcen (“cloud"), from Proto-Germanic *wulkanÄ…, *wulkÅ, *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.
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