Where does “walken” come from?

walken (German) comes from Middle High German walken, from Old High German walcan, from Proto-Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic walkaną, from Proto-Indo-European wolg-, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

walken (German): to tan (in leather-making), to full, to walk (in felt-making)

Definitions

  1. to tan (in leather-making), to full, to walk (in felt-making)

Ancestry of “walken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwalken—
2Old High Germanwalcan—
3Proto-Germanic*walkan—
4Proto-Germanicwalkanąto turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwolg-to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

Words derived from “walken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wolg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walkaną →
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