whelk

(Inglês)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wɛlk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: whelke

Herdado de inglês arcaico: weoloc

Cognato com holandês médio: willoc

Cognato com holandês: wulk

Herdado de inglês arcaico: 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.

Conceitos

búzio

Sinônimos

periwinkle

pimple

spot

winkle

small water snails

acne

Buccinidae

water-snail

shellfish type

Traduções

buccin

caracol de mar

wulk

kabarcık

sivilce

είδος σπειροειδούς κογχύλιου

φουσκαλίδα

bulot

buccino

Buccinidae

الحلزون البحري

kinkhoorn

puistje

trąbik

grano