welf in Middle High German

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Etymology: From Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmh|goh|hwelf|hwelf, welpf, welph, welf}} Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf, {{inh|gmh|gmw-pro|*hwelp}} Proto-West Germanic *hwelp Head templates: {{head|gmh|noun}} welf

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Welf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "hwelf",
        "4": "hwelf, welpf, welph, welf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwelp"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwelp",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "welf",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gmh",
          "name": "Baby animals",
          "orig": "gmh:Baby animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cub, puppy, whelp"
      ],
      "id": "en-welf-gmh-noun-71sni4tR",
      "links": [
        [
          "cub",
          "cub"
        ],
        [
          "puppy",
          "puppy"
        ],
        [
          "whelp",
          "whelp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "welf"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Welf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "hwelf",
        "4": "hwelf, welpf, welph, welf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwelp"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwelp",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German hwelf, welpf, welph, welf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "welf",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle High German lemmas",
        "Middle High German nouns",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "gmh:Baby animals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cub, puppy, whelp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cub",
          "cub"
        ],
        [
          "puppy",
          "puppy"
        ],
        [
          "whelp",
          "whelp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "welf"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle High German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (d146717 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"welf" meaning in Middle High German

Noun