Where does “walkthrough” come from?
Walkthrough comes from English walk and through, with walk deriving from Middle English walken, Old English wealcian, and Proto-Germanic walkōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.
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Definitions
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Ancestry of “walkthrough”, step by step
walkthrough 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 English through
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | through | From one side of an opening to the other;... |
| 2 | Middle English | thrugh | — |
| 3 | Old English | þurh | API; through; by means of: by, through, via |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þurhw | through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥h₂kʷe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |