Where does “walken” come from?

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

walken (Middle Dutch): to knead

Definitions

  1. to knead

Ancestry of “walken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwalkan—
2Proto-West Germanic*walkanto roll (of waves)
3Proto-Germanicwalkanąto turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwolg-to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wolg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walkaną →