Where does “*walkan” come from?

*walkan (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic walkaną, from Proto-Indo-European wolg-, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Ancestry of “*walkan”, step by step

*walkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic walkaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwalkanąto turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwolg-to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Proto-Indo-European walg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwalg-to twist, turn, move

Words derived from “*walkan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →