name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
welk
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/wɛlk/
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 L K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of whelk.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 3
Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 5
to soak, steep.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
Meaning 6
to thrash, beat severely.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
Meaning 7
To contract; to shorten.
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verb
Meaning 8
To form into wrinkles or ridges.
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Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
* As a German surname, variant of Welge, from Middle Low German welich (“lively, luxuriant”), from Old Saxon welag, from Proto-West Germanic *welag; also as a variant of Welsch. * Also as a German surname, from archaic Middle High German welc (“mild, soft”), from the root of the verb welken (“to wither”). * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from wjelk (“wolf”). * Also as a Sorbian surname, from the personal name Welimir, from Proto-Slavic *velь (“great”).
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”).