colk

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coke, colke

Etymology

Possibly from Old English *colc, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, *kelukaz, *kelukô, a diminutive of *kelǭ (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔlk/

Noun

colk (plural colkes)

1. apple core (centre of an apple)
2. (rare) bolt (metal fastener)
3. (rare) charcoal (as the "core" of wood)

Derived terms

• hertecolk

Descendants

• >? English: coke

References

• “colk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.