whelk

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From Middle English whelke, a variant of welk, from Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk (compare Middle Dutch willoc, Dutch wulk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, revolve”) (whence vulva and volute). Unetymological spelling with wh- from the 15th century.

From Middle English whelke, from Old English hwelca (“pustule, swelling”).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 峨螺 (éluó) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Czech: surmovka — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Danish: konk — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Dutch: wulk — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Faroese: gágga — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Finnish: kuningaskotilo — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• French: buccin — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• French: bulot — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Galician: bucio — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Galician: buguina — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Galician: cornecho — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• German: Wellhornschnecke — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Greek: φουσκαλίδα (fouskalída) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Hungarian: kürtcsiga — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Icelandic: beitukóngur — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Irish: faocha choirn — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Irish: faocha chapaill — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Irish: cuachma — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Japanese: エゾバイ (ezobai) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Japanese: ツブ (tsubu) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Māori: huamutu — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Māori: kākara — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Middle English: welk — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Old English: weoloc — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Portuguese: búzio — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Russian: труборо́г (truboróg) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Russian: труба́ч (trubáč) — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: faochag — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: cnomhag — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: faochan — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: cnomhadan — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: conach — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: faochag-mhór — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: cona-bhocan — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: conachag — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Scottish Gaelic: gobhar-breac — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Serbo-Croatian: во́лак — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Serbo-Croatian: vólak — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Spanish: buccino — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Swedish: vanlig valthornssnäcka — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Vietnamese: ốc bulot — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Welsh: gwichiad moch — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• West Flemish: wullok — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae
• Yoruba: kùnrùngbị́ngbị́n — edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae