whelk

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

wulk

kinkhoorn

puistje

Synoniemen

periwinkle

pimple

spot

winkle

small water snails

acne

Buccinidae

water-snail

shellfish type

Vertalingen

buccin

caracol de mar

kabarcık

sivilce

Wellhornschnecke

είδος σπειροειδούς κογχύλιου

φουσκαλίδα

bulot

buccino

الحلزون البحري

Buccinum undatum

búzio

grano

buccino

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wɛlk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: whelke

Overgenomen van Oudengels: weoloc

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: willoc

Verwant aan Nederlands: wulk

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.