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English

Welk

Welk comes from Middle Low German welich ‘lively, luxuriant’, from Proto-West Germanic *welag ‘wealthy, rich’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *welô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*welôreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*welō‘property, wealth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*welag‘wealthy, rich’next step skipped: Proto-Slavic *velь
  4. Old Saxonc. 800–1200welagnext step skipped: Middle High German welc
  5. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600welich‘lively, luxuriant’
  6. EnglishtodayWelk

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*welôreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*welō‘property, wealth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*welag‘wealthy, rich’next step skipped: Proto-Slavic *velь
  4. Old Saxonc. 800–1200welagnext step skipped: Middle High German welc
  5. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600welich‘lively, luxuriant’
  6. EnglishtodayWelk

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *welō ‘property, wealth’

wealth, weal, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *welô / Welk

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