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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walkan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walkaną.
Verb
*walkan[1]
- to roll (of waves)
- to waulk, to full (cloth)
Inflection
| Strong class 7c | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *walkan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wealk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *wealkun | |
| Past ptcple | *walkan | |
| Infinitive | *walkan | |
| Genitive infin. | *walkannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *walkannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *walkannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *walku | *wealk |
| 2nd singular | *walkiʀi | *wealkī |
| 3rd singular | *walkidi | *wealk |
| 1st plural | *walkum | *wealkum |
| 2nd plural | *walkid | *wealkud |
| 3rd plural | *walkand | *wealkun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *walkē | *wealkī |
| 2nd singular | *walkēs | *wealkī |
| 3rd singular | *walkē | *wealkī |
| 1st plural | *walkēm | *wealkīm |
| 2nd plural | *walkēþ | *wealkīd |
| 3rd plural | *walkēn | *wealkīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *walk | |
| Plural | *walkid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *walkandī | *walkan |
Descendants
- Old English: wealcan
- Middle English: walken
- Scots: waulk
- English: walk
- Middle English: walken
- Old Saxon: *walkan
- Middle Low German: walken
- Low German: walken
- Middle Low German: walken
- Old Dutch: *walcan
- Middle Dutch: walken
- Dutch: walken
- Middle Dutch: walken
- Old High German: walcan, walkan, walchan
- Middle High German: walchen, walken
- Cimbrian: balchan
- German: walken
- → Italian: gualcare
- Middle High German: walchen, walken
- → Old French: gauchier
- Middle French: gauchier, gaucher, gauchir
- French: gauchir
- Walloon: wauquier
- Old French: gauchie, guauche
- Middle French: gauche, gaulche
- French: gauche
- → English: gauche
- French: gauche
- Norman: gauche
- Walloon: gôche
- Middle French: gauche, gaulche
- Middle French: gauchier, gaucher, gauchir
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*walkan”