walt

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See also: Walt, Wält, and WALT

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (to roll; roll about), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn; wind; twist). Cognate with German wälzen (to wallow; roll), Danish vælte (to tumble; overthrow), Swedish välta (to roll; tumble over; overthrow). Related to waltz.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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walt (third-person singular simple present walts, present participle walting, simple past and past participle walted)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To roll; tumble
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt (not given to roll; steady), sinwealt (circular, eternally rolling)), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz (changing; unstable), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn; wind; twist).

Adjective

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walt (comparative more walt, superlative most walt)

  1. (archaic, nautical) unsteady; crank
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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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walt

  1. singular imperative of walten

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *walþu.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /walt/, [wɒɫt]

Noun

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walt n

  1. forest, wood

Inflection

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Like other u-stem nouns, walt likely became an a-stem over time:

Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: wout
    • Dutch: woud
    • Limburgish: waadj

Further reading

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  • walt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą (power, authority), whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vald.

Noun

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walt m

  1. authority

Noun

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walt f

  1. authority

Descendants

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(From the related giwalt:)