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whelk (n.)
large marine snail, Old English
weoloc
,
wioloc
, from Proto-Germanic
*weluka-
(cf. Middle Dutch
willoc
, Dutch
wulk
), perhaps from PIE root
*wel-
"to turn, revolve" (see
vulva
; cf. also
volute
). The spelling with
wh-
dates from 15c.
