welkin

Meaning

1. The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
2. The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
3. The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

Synonyms

sky

firmament

empyrean

heavens

heaven

sphere

celestial sphere

vault of heaven

blue air

starry-sky

atmosphere

the vault of heaven

azure

blue

blue sky

celestial

ether

space

vault

Hyphenated as

wel‧kin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɛlkɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: welken

Inherited from Old English: wolcn

Cognate with Dutch: wolk

Cognate with German: Wolke

In summary

Inherited from Middle English welken (“weather; heavens; earlier cloud”), from Old English wolcn (“cloud”) (wolcnu pl (“sky, heavens”)), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥g-nó-s, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).