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welkin.

The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɛlkɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɛlkən/General-American
  1. The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

  2. The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.

  3. The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English welkne (“weather; heavens; (earlier) cloud”), from Old English wolcnu (“sky, heavens”), plural form of wolcn (“cloud”), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥ɡ-no-m, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).

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