Where does “walkyng” come from?

walkyng (Middle English) comes from Old English wealcende, from Proto-Germanic walkandz, from Proto-Germanic walkaną, from Proto-Indo-European wolg-, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “walkyng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwealcende
2Proto-Germanicwalkandz
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

Words derived from “walkyng

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-