English whelm

← Old English *hwealmnian (inherited)

← Old English *hwealfnian (mention)

← Old English hwealf (mention)

← German Walm (cognate)

← German wölben (cognate)

← Middle English whelmen (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *hwalb (derived)

← Ancient Greek κόλπος (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (derived)

← Icelandic hvolf (cognate)

← Icelandic hvelfa (cognate)

← Dutch welven (cognate)

← Old Saxon bihwelvian (cognate)

→ English overwhelm (prefix)

→ English underwhelm (prefix)

→ English whemmel (mention)

→ English whemmel (suffix)

→ English unwhelm (prefix)

→ German Walm (mention)

→ Swedish välva (cognate)