walken
Middle English
/ˈwalkən/
verb
Definitions
- to roll, toss, journey about
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wealcan (roll, toss, move round, revolve, turn, move around) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (roll, trample, walk, turn, full, roll up, toss).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walkaną
Gloss
roll, trample, walk, turn, full, roll up, toss
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🥐 📃 🗞️ 🙄 🤣
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walkman English
- airwalk English
- beamwalk English
- birdwalk English
- boardwalk English
- bushwalk English
- bywalk English
- catwalk English
- crabwalk English
- crosswalk English
- duckwalk English
- ecowalk English
- fieldwalk English
- firewalk English
- footwalk English
- forwalk English
- hotwalk English
- knucklewalk English
- microwalk English
- moonwalk English
- outwalk English
- overwalk English
- powerwalk English
- racewalk English
- rewalk English
- riverwalk English
- ropewalk English
- sheepwalk English
- sidewalk English
- skywalk English
- sleepwalk English
- sleptwalk English
- slutwalk English
- soundwalk English
- spacewalk English
- speedwalk English
- walk English
- walkable English
- walkalong English
- walkaround English
- walkathon English
- walkaway English
- walkboard English
- walker English
- walkest English
- walketh English
- walkie English
- walking English
- walkless English
- walkout English
- walkover English
- walkthrough English
- walkthru English
- walktrap English
- walkup English
- walkway English
- waulk English
- waulker English
- waulkmill English
- *walg- Proto-Indo-European
- *walkandz Proto-Germanic
- *walkaną Proto-Germanic
- *walką Proto-Germanic
- *walkōną Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- gewealcan Old English
- wealcan Old English
- wealcian Old English
- wealcol Old English
- walkien Middle English
- walchan Old High German
- walk Manx
- *walkan Old Dutch
- waulk Scots
- *walkan Frankish
- walkee Chinese Pidgin English