Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*walkaną
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *walkaną, most common first.
- walkTo move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet: in the case of some non-human animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- walkingIncarnate as a human; living.
- gaucheAwkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.