Where does “walker” come from?
walker (Manx) comes from Manx walk, from English waulk, from Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian, from Frankish walkōn, from Proto-Germanic walkōną, from Indo-European *wel-.
walker (Manx): tucker
Ancestry of “walker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | walk | to full , waulk, tuck |
| 2 | English | waulk | to make cloth denser and more felt-like by... |
| 3 | Middle English | walken | to roll, toss, journey about |
| 4 | Old English | wealcian | to roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle |
| 5 | Frankish | walkōn | to roll; to full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walkōną | To roll about; wallow; To full |
| 7 | Indo-European | *wel- | — |