Where does “walker” come from?
Walker comes from Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere, a derivative of the verb meaning to full cloth.
walker (English): a person who walks or a thing which walks,...
Definitions
- a person who walks or a thing which walks,...
Ancestry of “walker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | walkere | one who walks, traveller |
| 2 | Middle English | walken | to roll, toss, journey about |
| 3 | Old English | wealcian | to roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle |
| 4 | Frankish | walkōn | to roll; to full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | walkōną | To roll about; wallow; To full |
| 6 | Indo-European | *wel- | — |