waulk

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*walkōną“to roll about; full (cloth)”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*walkōn
3. Old English · inherited fromwealcian“to roll up; muffle up”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwalken
5. English todaywaulk

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with Scots waulk (“to full”), Dutch walken (“to full”), German walken (“to full”), Danish valke (“to full”), Swedish valka (“to full”). Doublet of walk.

Words from the same roots