willkommen
German (Berlin)
/vɪlˈkɔmən/
adjective
Definitions
- welcome received with gladness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German willekomen inherited from Old High German willechomen inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô (welcome, a comer, a welcomed guest, a wished-for guest).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljakumô
Gloss
welcome, a comer, a welcomed guest, a wished-for guest
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewelcome English
- come English
- unwelcome English
- welcome English
- welcomee English
- welcomely English
- welcomeness English
- welcomer English
- welcomest English
- welcometh English
- welcoming English
- will English
- *bene venutus Latin
- bewillkommnen German
- welkom Dutch, Flemish
- bien French
- bienvenu French
- venu French
- bien Spanish, Castilian
- bienvenido Spanish, Castilian
- es Spanish, Castilian
- to come Spanish, Castilian
- venido Spanish, Castilian
- venir Spanish, Castilian
- *weljakwumô Proto-Germanic
- *wiljakumô Proto-Germanic
- wilcuma Old English
- welcome Middle English
- velkomin Old Norse
- willechomen Old High German
- welkom Afrikaans
- willekomen Middle High German
- wol chomne Alemannic German
- wolgcheemen Alemannic German
- woul chemne Alemannic German
- wéllkòmm Alemannic German
- *wilkuma Old Frisian
- bienvenido Old Spanish
- welkam Tok Pisin
- wèlkóm Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish