vælkomin
Faroese
[ˈvɛalkoːmɪn]
adjectives
Definitions
- welcome
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse velkomin 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
- welkom Dutch, Flemish
- *wiljakumô Proto-Germanic
- wilcuma Old English
- welcome Middle English
- velkomin Old Norse
- velkomin Icelandic
- willechomen Old High German
- *wilkuma Old Frisian
- welkam Tok Pisin