Where does “walken” come from?

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

Ancestry of “walken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwalcan—
2Proto-Germanic*walkan—
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 “walken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →