| 1 | Old French | gaucher | to trample, walk clumsily |
| 2 | Frankish | walkan | to full, trample; to roll; to waulk, to full |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | walkaną | to turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wolg- | to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |