Where does “wałkować” come from?

wałkować (Polish) comes from Polish Wałek, from Polish wał, from German wal, from Middle High German wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic hwal, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

wałkować (Polish): to roll e.g. dough

Definitions

  1. to roll e.g. dough

Ancestry of “wałkować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishWałekroller
2Polishwałlevee; embankment; shaft
3Germanwalwhale
4Middle High Germanwala whale
5Old High Germanwalbattlefield
6Proto-West Germanichwalwhale
7Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

Words derived from “wałkować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwal →