Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay. · To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane. · to soak, steep. · to thrash, beat severely.
From Middle English welken, probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch welken (Dutch welken) and Middle Low German welken. Cognate with German welken. Ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan (“to become soft”), from Proto-Germanic *welkaz (“soft, withered”), according to Kluge, related to *wulkną (“cloud”). Compare also Old English wealwian (“to fade, wither”), Old English wlacu (“tepid, lukewarm”).
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- Inherited-form mentionwelkenenm
- Cognate mentionwelkendum
- Cognate mentionwelkennl
- Cognate mentionwelkengml
- Cognate mentionwelkende
- Derivation mention*wilkijangmw-pro · to become soft
- Derivation mention*welkazgem-pro · soft, withered
- Cognate mentionwealwianang · to fade, wither
- Cognate mentionwlacuang · tepid, lukewarm
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