Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wulkaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*wulkną

Etymology

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

Noun

*wulkaną n

cloud

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wulkaną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wulkaną	*wulkanō
vocative	*wulkaną	*wulkanō
accusative	*wulkaną	*wulkanō
genitive	wulkanas, wulkanis	*wulkanǫ̂
dative	*wulkanai	*wulkanamaz
instrumental	*wulkanō	*wulkanamiz

Synonyms

*wulkanaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wolkn
- 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)