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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

Definitions

  1. tucker

Ancestry of “walker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxwalkto full , waulk, tuck
2Englishwaulkto make cloth denser and more felt-like by...
3Middle Englishwalkento roll, toss, journey about
4Old Englishwealcianto roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle
5Frankishwalkōnto roll; to full
6Proto-GermanicwalkōnąTo roll about; wallow; To full
7Indo-European*wel-—
Every word from Indo-European *wel- →