Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wolkn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
Nominative	*wolkn
Genitive	*wolknas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wolkn	*wolknu
Accusative	*wolkn	*wolknu
Genitive	*wolknas	*wolknō
Dative	*wolknē	*wolknum
Instrumental	*wolknu	*wolknum

Derived terms

• *wolknōn

Descendants

• Old English: wolcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcen
  • Middle English: welken (from plural wolcnu)
    • English: welkin
  • Scots: walk, wak (from wolc)
• Old Frisian: wolken, wulken, ulken
  • North Frisian: wolk
  • West Frisian: wolken, wolke, wolk
• Old Saxon: wolkan, wolcan
  • Middle Low German: wolken, wulken
• Old Dutch: uulcun, wulkon
  • Middle Dutch: wolken
• Old High German: wolkan, wolcan
  • Middle High German: wolken, wulken n or f or m
    • Bavarian: Woikn, Wolkn
    • Yiddish: וואָלקן (volkn⁩)