Where does “walking” come from?
Walking comes from Middle English walken, Old English wealcian, Proto-Germanic walkōną, and Proto-Indo-European wel-, meaning to roll or turn.
walking (English): present participle of walk; Incarnate as a human;...
Definitions
- present participle of walk; Incarnate as a human;...
Ancestry of “walking”, step by step
walking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English walk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | walk | To move on the feet by alternately setting each... |
| 2 | Middle English | walk | to watch |
| 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- | — |
via Middle English walkyng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | walkyng | — |
| 2 | Old English | wealcende | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | walkandz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | walkaną | to turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wolg- | to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
Words derived from “walking”