Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulkną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*wulkaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“moist; wet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwulk.nɑ̃/

Noun

*wulkną n

cloud

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wulkną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wulkną	*wulknō
vocative	*wulkną	*wulknō
accusative	*wulkną	*wulknō
genitive	wulknas, wulknis	*wulknǫ̂
dative	*wulknai	*wulknamaz
instrumental	*wulknō	*wulknamiz

Synonyms

*wulknaz
*wulkō

Related terms

*welkaz

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)

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