Where does “hotwalk” come from?

hotwalk (English) comes from English hot, from Middle English hot, from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.

hotwalk (English): To walk to cool it after exercise

Definitions

  1. To walk to cool it after exercise

Ancestry of “hotwalk”, step by step

hotwalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhotHaving a high temperature; Causing the air to be...
2Middle Englishhothot
3Old Englishhāthot, fervent, fervid, fierce
4Old Englishhātanto promise; to command, promise; to command, call...
5Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
6HungarianUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
7Proto-Uralic-i

via English walk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwalkTo move on the feet by alternately setting each...
2Middle Englishwalkto watch
3Old Englishwealcianto roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle
4Frankishwalkōnto roll; to full
5Proto-GermanicwalkōnąTo roll about; wallow; To full
6Indo-European*wel-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -iEvery word from Hungarian Every word from Hungarian -an