Etymology

walking

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Today it means: Incarnate as a human; living. Full definition →

Middle English walkynge ← Old English wealcende ← Proto-Germanic *walkandz
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walking · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*walkaną“to roll, trample, walk”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*walkandz
  3. Old English · inherited fromwealcende
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwalkynge
  5. English todaywalking

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.

walking · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwalkyng
  2. English todaywalking

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*walkaną all →

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