whelk

(Anglų k.)

Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/wɛlk/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: whelke

Paveldėta iš senoji anglų: weoloc

Sutampa su Vidurio Vokietijos: willoc

Sutampa su olandų: wulk

Paveldėta iš senoji anglų: hwelca

In summary

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.

Sinonimai

periwinkle

pimple

spot

winkle

small water snails

acne

Buccinidae

water-snail

shellfish type

Vertimai

buccin

caracol de mar

wulk

kabarcık

sivilce

είδος σπειροειδούς κογχύλιου

φουσκαλίδα

bulot

buccino

Buccinidae

Buccinum undatum

الحلزون البحري

puistje

trąbik

búzio