whelp
n. UK //wˈɛlp// whelp
From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic hwelp, from Proto-Germanic hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Welfe, Old Norse hvelpr, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kʷelbos, of uncertain origin.
From Middle English whelpen, from Old English hwelpian, derived from hwelp.
Variant of welp.