whelp

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
2. (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
3. (obsolete) A kind of ship.
4. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
5. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

Verb

To give birth.

Intj

Alternative form of welp (“well”).

Hevwate

pup

puppy

cub

give birth to

bear’s cub

bring forth

litter

young animal

sprout

bump

calf

calve

child

🧒

come out

doggie

doggy

edema

engender

generate

give birth

knob

lapdog

lay

lionet

little bear

lump

originate

pimple

procreate

produce

pustule

shoot

sire

snapdragon

suckling

swell

youngster

have young

lay eggs

tumefaction

young one

bring forth cubs

bring forth pups

abscess

bring forth whelps

baby

👶

bear out

beget

blain

born

🐣

Werger

chiot

Welpe

cucciolo

cachorro

welp

filhote

μικρό ζώο

γεννώ

petit

σκύμνος

jong

σκυλάκι

σκυλλάκι

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/wɛlp/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: whelp

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: hwelp

Hevwate bi holendî: welp

Hevwate bi almanî: Welpe

Hevwate bi Old Norse: hvelpr

Hevwate bi norwecî (nynorsk): kvelp

Hevwate bi danmarkî: hvalp

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: whelpen

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: hwelpian

In summary

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Welfe, Old Norse hvelpr, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kʷelbos, of uncertain origin.