whelm
English
/ʍɛlm/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
- (transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
- (transitive) To ruin or destroy.
- (intransitive) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whelmen (turn over, invert, capsize, turn upside down) inherited from Old English *hwealmnian derived from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (vault, arch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (curve, arch), *kʷelp- (curve, arch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷelp-
Gloss
curve, arch
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
曲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colpo- English
- overwhelm English
- overwhelmer English
- underwhelm English
- unwhelm English
- whemmel English
- colfos Latin
- colfus Latin
- colpus Latin
- exculptus Latin
- Walm German
- Walmdach German
- Wölbung German
- wölben German
- gewelf Dutch, Flemish
- overwelven Dutch, Flemish
- welven Dutch, Flemish
- βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
- κόλπος Ancient Greek
- *kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolp-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *hwalbą Proto-Germanic
- *hwealmnian Old English
- hwealf Old English
- overwhelmen Middle English
- whelmen Middle English
- hvalf Old Norse
- hválf Old Norse
- hvolf Icelandic
- κόλπος Greek (modern)
- welven Middle Dutch
- walbe Middle High German
- welben Middle High German
- bihwelvian Old Saxon
- hwelvian Old Saxon