whelm

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To ruin or destroy.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.

Noun

1. (also, figuratively, poetic) A surge of water.
2. A wooden drainpipe, a hollowed out tree trunk, turned with the cavity downwards to form an arched watercourse.

Concepten

overstromen

stroom

Tegenovergesteld aan

unwhelm

Synoniemen

overwhelm

overpower

overcome

sweep over

overrun

overtake

flood

engulf

overflow

swallow up

raid

seize

shower

🚿

squat

submerge

take

take over

wrinkle

absorb

move in on

capture

carry

corner

deluge

encroach upon

flush

grip

inundate

occupy

Vertalingen

überschütten

verschütten

βυθίζω

submerger

καλύπτω

غطّ

ضرب

تجاوز

غمر

تغلب

سحق

ابتلع

تخطى

دحر

سيطر

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʍɛlm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: whelmen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *hwealmnian

Verwant aan Duits: Walm

Verwant aan IJslands: hvolf

Verwant aan Nederlands: welven

Verwant aan Duits: wölben

Verwant aan IJslands: hvelfa

Verwant aan Old Saxon: bihwelvian

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: κόλπος

In summary

From Middle English whelmen (“to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down”), perhaps from Old English *hwealmnian, a variant of *hwealfnian, from hwealf (“arched, concave, vaulted; an arched or vaulted ceiling”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwalb, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“arch, vault”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). The English word is cognate with Dutch welven (“to arch”), Old Saxon bihwelvian (“to cover, hide”), German wölben (“to bend, curve, arch”), Icelandic hvelfa (“to overturn”), German Walm (“a vaulted roof”), Icelandic hvolf (“vaulted ceiling”), Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, hollow, gulf”).
The noun is derived from the verb.