Etymology

waulker

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Today it means: Synonym of fuller. Full definition →

Middle English walkere ← Old English wealcere ← Proto-West Germanic *walkārī
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*walkārī
  2. Old English · inherited fromwealcere“one who fulls cloth”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwalkere
  4. English todaywaulker

From Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere (“one who fulls cloth”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkārī, equivalent to waulk + -er.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwalkere all →

walker

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