*wulkną

Runic: ᚹᚢᛚᚲᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwulk.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

cloud

Etymology

Nominalized from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥g-nó-s, from *welg- (‘wet, damp’) + *-nós.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wulknąwulknō
Acc.wulknąwulknō
Gen.wulknas, wulkniswulknǫ̂
Dat.wulknaiwulknamaz
Inst.wulknōwulknamiz
Voc.wulknąwulknō

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Descendants

  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • uulcun, wulkon (Old Dutch)
      • wolken (Middle Dutch)
  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcen (Old English)
      • walk, wak (Scots)
  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcen (Old English)
      • welken (Middle English)
        • welkin (English)
  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolken, wulken, ulken (Old Frisian)
      • wolk (North Frisian)
      • wolken, wolke, wolk (West Frisian)
  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolkan, wolcan (Old High German)
      • wolken, wulken (Middle High German)
        • Woikn, Wolkn (Bavarian)
        • וואָלקן (volkn⁩) (Yiddish)
  • *wolkn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wolkan, wolcan (Old Saxon)
      • wolken, wulken (Middle Low German)

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